Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: 4dog on December 02, 2013, 09:42:50 am
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school me on this stuff..doesnt seem to be anyone using it..good ,bad or indifferent let me know your thoughts about it...Go!
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The name says it all. Arrowwood and other viburnums make good arrows. There natural growth habit lends itself to arrows and darts. They have been used as long as arrows have. I've not used arrowwood but have used blackhaw viburnum with good results.
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I started into some viburnum shoots this weekend, Greg (Badly Bent) gave them to me. I have one ready for fletching now. It scraped up and cleaned up easy, I barrel tapered mine with a scraper and sandpaper. The straightening was done over a gas burner and was very easy. So far so good. And they seem to weigh up.
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One thing about viburnum is I will check badly if you peel the bark too soon. It likes to be quite dry before you work it.
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Otzi carried them if that means anything..
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Mine were cut last December according to Greg's label. It was DUSTY when I worked it, Im betting its quite dry.
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The first viburnum arrow I made checked badly because I immediately stripped the bark. It was my first abo arrow, checks and all. I think I gave that one to Hawk(Mike Houston) and he carries it in his hunting quiver.
The sourwood I use mostly now can be stripped as soon a it is cut and it will very rarely check.
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I just got a batch last summer for the first time. The stuff is fantastic. It can bend like crazy before it breaks. I've verified it myself and still find it amazing.
---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAjl8I--qbw
(see video at 25.49 minutes)
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Awesome stuff !
Wish I could get it readily !
Don Gilson cultivates his so they are strait when he cuts them !
Guy
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Arrowwood viburnum(Viburnum dentatum) is a common landscape plant. You should be able to find it at a local landscape nursery.
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Pat
I don't see anything that looks right ? !!!!!
Maybe I will ask the green house girl next spring to see if she can get it for me !
Guy
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funny thing is im a landscraper...lol...never heard of it...viburnum yes arrowwood no...lol...but now ha...i got suppliers..!!!
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As everyone said, its good stuff. Not sure what kind of viburnum we have in California but I like it, its dense and hard and seems to carry a good heft to it. Gonna go in the next two weeks and harvest some more.
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I have some target arrows made out of viburnum I love them.
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post a pic if ya dont mind ..would like a visual..pulleeeze! gracias'
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(http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q717/TrapperRob/arrowheads/robs053_zpsffa5fea6.jpg) (http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/TrapperRob/media/arrowheads/robs053_zpsffa5fea6.jpg.html)
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nice group...and now ...just the arras...please.
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Been my shoot shaft material of choice for about 3 years now. Durable stuff and I collect it in the wild but have benn know to get a couple from the landscape variety. Heres a few pics for ya.
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Mmmmmmm..........Ive seen these babies in person, they are artful as hell!
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Makes good pipestems too! ;)
My main pipe I use when trapping and at reenactments had an old broken arrow shaft turned into a stem.
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Sweet arrows, real work of art!
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thanks for the pics...these are awesome...and now going to my landscape supplier ..what do you think im planting in my fencerow....lol
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They make great arrows and stay straight. I straightened them as they dried so not sure if heat straightening after they are dry would affect how straight they stay.
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I'm with 4dog, gonna be plantin me some of that come spring! Nice looking arras right there!
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HOW MUCH WOULD YOU ALL LIKE.
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I'll take a dozen! l'm always lookin to try new shoots.
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glad i came across this. friend of mine gave me three to try, and though i haven't fletched them up yet they seem like primo shafts. i had no idea what the stuff looked like, and this prompted me to figure it out. turns out i got this stuff growing all over, and i've looked at it and wondered often. now i know. so i went out this afternoon and cut about 3 dozen shoots and a few that may become atl atl darts.
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show a pic!