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Rivercane prototype
Hillbilly:
Yeah, cane dries out to that greenish color if you keep it inside-sunlight will turn it yaller-tan.
uwe:
Interesting job done. What is river cane exactly? Kind of reed? Bamboo sort? I`m interested in this. Is anybody willing to send me a few as a donation? Sorry about my boldness! ;)
Regards Uwe
Pat B:
Uwe, River cane is one of 3 native North American bamboos (Arundaneria sp.). They are A. gigantia(river cane), A. tecta(switch cane) and A. appalaciana(hill cane), all of which can be used for arrows. There are a few Asian bamboos in the same genera.
Steve Parker's (Hillbilly) article(ArCANE Knowledge) in the newest edition of PA will give you good information about our native canes. I would be happy to send some to you but it will be later this fall or winter before I harvest any. Pat
Savate:
Cool! I just made my first (see my other post here). I want to try to make points now (I just used an old .38 brass to make a blunt).
How did you make that osage point?
TRACY:
Thanks Savate. I used some scrap osage and whittled it to size and then shaped the sprue to fit inside the cane as a foreshaft. It
shoots great but I questioned the forward weight before shooting it. Loading the front of the shaft with a longer plug would help.
Tracy
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