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Rose shoots for arrow shafts?
D. Tiller:
Don't think there are any arround here. Whats it look like?
Allen7:
I've been using the wild rose stems for arrow shafts for many years. They are my personal favorite. They are readily available and make tough shafts with a fairly stiff spine. I dry them with bark on to eliminate or minimize checking. I get mine in the thickets growing near our rivers in Eastern Washington.
Allen - Happy Knapper
D. Tiller:
Yeah! I like them too. Do you straighten them as they dry or do that with dry heat after the bark is stripped and they have dried out completly?
I noticed that they seem really fibery when they are wet but as they dry they really become quite dense and when cut almost look like plastic. How about your shoots? Weird stuff!
napper:
Hi Dave I use rose shoots a lot I try to straiten them as they dry them use heat to get the last bits out. How have ya been? Tom
david w.:
--- Quote from: napper on May 23, 2008, 06:35:41 pm ---Hi Dave I use rose shoots a lot I try to straiten them as they dry them use heat to get the last bits out. How have ya been? Tom
--- End quote ---
same way i do it. sometimes they are straight enoguh by the time they dry i dont even have to use heat
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