Bamboo Shafts ?

[Smo]

I'm looking at getting more into trad archery.

I have a 45 # pull long bow , it's made of hickory and bamboo .

I'm looking for bare full length shafts in bamboo or cedar.

Who has the best deals ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[user 972]

there are a bunch of options. i trade for some POC recently and asked the guy where he got them. http://wapitiarcherypoc.com/

several years ago i bought some raw shafts out of a supply house. i was not happy. couldn't get a straight shaft out of any i bought so i went to carbon. after talking to several shooters, going to person that deals with arrows seem to be the best choice to get good quality shafts. if you ask the same question on a trad only site, you will get several recommendations of good arrow smiths and suppliers.

if you decide to fletch your own, research it some. i found out that you need to orientate the nock with the grain a certain way. good taper tools are a plus, cheap ones are a headache.

 

[MickThompson]

Sourwood shoots are a traditional option as well but you have to do it all by hand.


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[user 972]

http://leatherwall.bowsite.com/tf/lw/th ... CATEGORY=9

Suggestions here.

 

[Smo]

Thanks for the info Guys!

I'll have to sit down when I've got a few minutes and check out some of those sites.

I just started shooting my long bow today at the present time I'm shooting AGold Tip Traditional Carbon shafts.

But I'm looking to go to wooden soon.

It's going to take me awhile to get use to shooting again.

I hope my old worn out self is up to it . LOL

Thanks again

 

[Smo]

there are a bunch of options. i trade for some POC recently and asked the guy where he got them. http://wapitiarcherypoc.com/

several years ago i bought some raw shafts out of a supply house. i was not happy. couldn't get a straight shaft out of any i bought so i went to carbon. after talking to several shooters, going to person that deals with arrows seem to be the best choice to get good quality shafts. if you ask the same question on a trad only site, you will get several recommendations of good arrow smiths and suppliers.

if you decide to fletch your own, research it some. i found out that you need to orientate the nock with the grain a certain way. good taper tools are a plus, cheap ones are a headache.

Is orienting the nock with the grain so it doesn't split as easily ?

 

[user 972]

there are a bunch of options. i trade for some POC recently and asked the guy where he got them. http://wapitiarcherypoc.com/

several years ago i bought some raw shafts out of a supply house. i was not happy. couldn't get a straight shaft out of any i bought so i went to carbon. after talking to several shooters, going to person that deals with arrows seem to be the best choice to get good quality shafts. if you ask the same question on a trad only site, you will get several recommendations of good arrow smiths and suppliers.

if you decide to fletch your own, research it some. i found out that you need to orientate the nock with the grain a certain way. good taper tools are a plus, cheap ones are a headache.

Is orienting the nock with the grain so it doesn't split as easily ?

break at the shot. i've only read or heard about it, never have seen it happen. mostly likely it was a high poundage bow. some of the Hill style shooters like high poundage, 70-80#, bows.
I used to have a diagram of how it should be fletched, i will try to locate it.

i know of some guys that would go to the hardware store and just buy hardwood dowels and make their arrows, mainly their small game arrows. cheap and if it got lost in the brush, no major loss. they would inspect the grain run to make sure it ran from one end to the other. if it ran out the side, NO GO. it needs to run the full length.

 

[user 972]

check the picture on this thread.
http://www.traditionalarcherysociety.co ... 1305204019

 

[user 972]

Dowels are great for stump shooting or walking and shooting. They are cheap, screw on a hex nut and shoot at anythingbin the yard or woods and it's hard to lose arrows . You'll bust a few and lose a few. Spend money for hunting arrows but keep some for messing around

and shooting at rabbits in south TX. i have a few stuck in trees shooting at squirrels.
one of my trips in S TX one guy had probably 18 nutters. if he missed a rabbit and the arrow went back in the brush too far to get, he let it go. another guy asked if he was going to try to find it he said 'no. i dont go looking for shotgun pellets when i miss a bird on my reloads either'. :rotf:

 

[Smo]

I don't think I would trust shooting hardwood dowels, but that's just me.

I got plenty of XX 75 and some old Gamegetters for just shooting.

I can see where a heavy poundage bow could splinter a shaft especially if the end grain were aligned in the wrong direction.

Thanks again

 

[user 972]

Wood is much more durable than most realize. Probably more forgiving too. I always preferred too a soft spine over too stiff. Trad archery isn't like anything else go for a walk and shoot everything you see. Definitely makes you a better shot.

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You said you wouldn't trust a hardwood dowel but a cedar shaft is a dowel, made the same way. One has to pay attention to the grain. I've had wood to bonce off a hard hit that splintered a carbon.

 

[user 972]

another tip.

http://tradbow.com/wood-grain-direction ... #iLightbox[gallery1949]/0

 

[Smo]

Wood is much more durable than most realize. Probably more forgiving too. I always preferred too a soft spine over too stiff. Trad archery isn't like anything else go for a walk and shoot everything you see. Definitely makes you a better shot.

This.∆∆∆

You said you wouldn't trust a hardwood dowel but a cedar shaft is a dowel, made the same way. One has to pay attention to the grain. I've had wood to bonce off a hard hit that splintered a carbon.

I guess what I should have said is, I would not trust my eyes to make sure the grain is aligned correctly.

I was always under the impression the reason Cedar shafts (dowels) are preferred is that they will flex and are not as likely to snap or shatter under the pressure applied by the string .

 

[user 972]

a friend sent me this. another said if the grains are that close use them for tomato stakes.

eddie, make sure the pointy ends of the grain face toward the nock. I had a good friend that had his arrow crack near the point. He shot the arrow and the pointy end of the grain went through his hand. My friend was on blood thinners, and he started to bleed profusely. Luckily there was a nearby hospital—he just about bleed-out! (Hope that you understand my crude sketch.)