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mullet:
  Gregg, All I do is taper the Tonkin.It holds up real good and really doesn't need inserts at either end.

markinengland:
With thin walled arrow bamboo there would be very little material to taper - hence a wooden plug may be needed. This wouldn't be needed on the Tonkin shafts I have seen.
Pine dowel from a hardware or model shop, a bamboo skewer, a whittled piece of arrow shaft will all do. This adds a little strength but is really there to give something to taper if using a taper fit point.
A screw in field point may work. I have some to try myself. If the arrow hits something a bit side on it may split the shaft so binding would give a bit of insurance. I know a nail works as a point in bamboo but binding is essential to stop splitting due to the wedge like effect of the impact forcing the nail or tang down the shafts rather than thr force being taken on the end of the shaft.
Most old arrow heads made for bamboo in bronze and iron/steel were made with a long thin tang which fitted down the hollow of the bamboo but with an flat to sit against the end of the shaft to stop the tang being forced further down the shafts and splitting it.
Mark in England

Cromm:
Thanks everyone.
All the info on bamboo/cane is a big help!!!!!
Thanks for your time.

welch2:
Screw in field points mount up about the same as home made horn points.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5342.0.html

Ralph

ZanderPommo:
oh yeah ralph i remember my mouth waterin' over your giant bag of horn tips awhile back on Paleo

Zander

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