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how can you tell live river cane?
El Destructo:
Ballista....you do have Red Osier and wild Rose in Norther Illinois
TRACY:
You guys won't have it N. Ill. unless it's been planted. The farthest North I've seen it growing naturally is extreme So. Ind. Like Hillbilly said, look far southern part of Ill. in river bottoms.
Tracy
ballista:
--- Quote from: El Destructo on September 30, 2008, 11:46:09 pm ---Ballista....you do have Red Osier and wild Rose in Norther Illinois
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thanks for the replies, do these species grow pretty thick, or ar they pretty slim naturally? im going to look them up after the post, but they sound like quality shafting- im recently getting into some amateur flintknapping, and i fletch, hopefully i can get enough info to mke some, and post pics ;D i plucked 11 goose feathers off of the ground by the creek i live by, i know turkey are the traditional favourite, but im pretty sure goose will work, right? oh, zander, two things: one, wherere your whereabouts? i could live kinda near you, 3d shoots or something maybe, and two, i found a reddish plant, grows slim and tall, but crooked. this im not worried about, you can straighten them w/ fire, but do you let the arrow wood dry for long peroid, or just until it gets throughly dry? thanks fro the quick replies, if you guys have pictures of your own primiting arrows and shafting, i'd love to see them, too. jimmy
sailordad:
red osier grows in marshy areas,in the summer months its hard to spot if you dont know what it looks like. in the winter months it is very noticable
it turns bright red,it grows up from the ground in clupms,looks like a bush i guess you could say. i usually let my osier dry for a couple of months.
actually this is my first try with them.just bundle them together,put them somewhere dry with a little air movement,every couple days unbundle,hand straighten,rebundle.
when they are dry,scrape the skin off,heat and straighten.
goose feathers will work fine,just not quit as durable as turkey.
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peace,
ti
ballista:
haha awesome, i think i might have found something similar to that, it gows in piles of 14-17, reddish tint, thick in the bottom, ect. thanks for all the help everyone, -jimmy
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