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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: huntertrapper on November 28, 2007, 11:45:04 pm

Title: bamboo arra
Post by: huntertrapper on November 28, 2007, 11:45:04 pm

anyone ever make arrows out of bamboo any pictures would be good and how to do it. thanks

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: Pat B on November 28, 2007, 11:51:04 pm

HT, lots of boo arrows made by folks here. Do you have a particular bamboo that you have available to you? Where do you live?     Pat

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: Hillbilly on November 29, 2007, 09:53:32 am

Here's a good tutorial for cane arrows, it's pretty much the same process with other bamboos: http://groups.msn.com/ferretsarcherywebpage/rivercanearrows.msnw (http://groups.msn.com/ferretsarcherywebpage/rivercanearrows.msnw)

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: huntertrapper on November 29, 2007, 08:59:42 pm

I live in the Penns woods. pennsylvania. the boo i can get grows by an old pond.

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: cowboy on November 29, 2007, 09:12:12 pm

That pictorial by Mickey is a good one - show's you pretty much all you need to know. I have learned something else on here about the spine from Eddie (mullet). After you have your shafts to length and straightened, put one end on a low table with other end on the floor - with your palm against it midway roll it untill you find the stiff side - this side should slide against the bow when you shoot. Hope I understood that right :).

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: joewaco78 on December 05, 2007, 03:33:33 am

I live over in Waco, TX anyone know of any good cane or bamboo in this area??

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: cowboy on December 05, 2007, 01:36:46 pm

Hey Joe, I have been keeping my eyes open for something good around TX  for awhile now. Their are two that I've found - one won't work (the consesus was that it was Phragmites reed) the other I don't know what it is but looks like bamboo - my brother brought up a sample of something he found down along the coast. May be switch cane, I'll post some pic's when I get some - see if we can ID it..

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: joewaco78 on December 10, 2007, 05:59:51 pm

Sounds good to me!

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 14, 2007, 12:27:18 am

Here are a couple of my bamboo arrows. Bamboo makes a very nice, very tough arrow. It's my favorite!  :)
You've gotten a link to a very informative website.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n236/Thebowguy/000_0031_00.jpg

     Sean

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: cowboy on December 14, 2007, 12:39:33 am

Sean, them look good man!! We're gonna have to meet up one of these days. Maybe we'll all get something going here in North TX soon.......

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 14, 2007, 10:48:21 pm

Thanks,
and I hope so.......
     Sean

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: PeteC on December 15, 2007, 10:15:33 pm

Joewaco,you ought to be able to find some rivercane growing in the brazos system,or it's tributaries.I find it spottily in the Neches,Angelina, and Sabine drainages,enough to build a few arrows anyway.Success in finding some, God Bless,  PeteC

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: huntertrapper on December 16, 2007, 10:37:12 pm

yeah real nice arrows sean

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 19, 2007, 08:07:45 pm

Gee, thanks y'all.  ;D
    Sean

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: IONIAN on December 20, 2007, 12:36:41 am

   Tonkin cane, 640 grains +/- 5.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Ionian/51848210.jpg)

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: welch2 on December 20, 2007, 12:59:00 am

My purple arrows are bamboo.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,4341.0.html (http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,4341.0.html)

Ralph

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: whatareyadoin on December 20, 2007, 04:22:30 pm

Ionian, I'm Speach less

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: whatareyadoin on December 20, 2007, 04:49:49 pm

I started a build along on boo arrows Im not very descriptive but you  get the idea, The main thing is to be resourcefull.

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: 1/2primitive on December 20, 2007, 08:18:42 pm

Quote from: whatareyadoin on December 20, 2007, 04:22:30 pm

Ionian, I'm Speach less

Ditto!  :o
   Sean

Title: Re: bamboo arra
Post by: whatareyadoin on December 23, 2007, 02:17:49 am

Forget the Build along for now I don't have time, Sorry Holiday rush.