Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: sleek on January 15, 2016, 08:12:43 pm

Title: split cane arrow shaft question.
Post by: sleek on January 15, 2016, 08:12:43 pm

So i am splitting some 7/16 thick wall thickness bamboo  and wondered if anyone has ever just split out a bamboo strip, rounded it and shot it for an arrow? Or can you laminate a bamboo arrow like the old fly rods?

Title: Re: split cane arrow shaft question.
Post by: Dakota Kid on January 15, 2016, 10:12:14 pm

 As far as using a split piece for an arrow, my uncle gave me a primitive x-bow from Vietnam that shoots bolts that are just splits of boo. They weren't even rounded. They fit into a groove along the top of the x-bow. Some even had a curve to them in order to shoot around corners I was told ::). It looked like the points were heat treated to harden the sharpened boo.

 I don't see why you couldn't laminate several layers and get a decent arrow. Were you talking flat laminates or the pentagon/hexagon shape? The latter might be something interesting. It would have to preform remarkably to make all the extra work worthwhile. 

Title: Re: split cane arrow shaft question.
Post by: mullet on January 15, 2016, 10:12:57 pm

yea, I saw some that were split and laminated, but with bamboo, not cane.

Title: Re: split cane arrow shaft question.
Post by: Pappy on January 19, 2016, 09:27:49 am

I have one also from Vietnam Dakota Kid with boo splits and a somewhat hard leaf for fletching and a boo tub for the quiver. I am sure it can be done sleek, probably be pretty light I would guess. :-\
 Pappy