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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: DuBois on January 19, 2017, 06:56:49 pm

Title: Speckled alder any good for arrows?
Post by: DuBois on January 19, 2017, 06:56:49 pm

Speckled alder any good for arrows?
I harvested a couple dozen and then thought I better ask. (usually how I do things  :-\)

Title: Re: Speckled alder any good for arrows?
Post by: Pat B on January 19, 2017, 07:31:51 pm

Don't know about speckled alder. We have tag alder here and I think it it would be pretty flimsy and shafts would have to be pretty big to get heavy enough spine.

Title: Re: Speckled alder any good for arrows?
Post by: TSA on January 31, 2017, 10:17:19 pm

try it, please let us know how it performs-
we have red alder here- might be worth trying it someday!

Title: Re: Speckled alder any good for arrows?
Post by: Bryce on February 03, 2017, 01:57:17 pm

Our red alder tends to be brittle.

Title: Re: Speckled alder any good for arrows?
Post by: DuBois on February 03, 2017, 08:10:22 pm

I'll keep em and see what they are like.