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Title: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Si on January 23, 2020, 07:07:33 PM: About 10 years ago, I bought out a dealer and he had a lot of very high quality cedar shafts and I still have some left but I can't think of the company name. I think it was Arrow something? Help and thanks.
Si
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Keefer on January 23, 2020, 07:35:55 PM: Was it Acme wood products or Norway.
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: 1/4 away on January 23, 2020, 07:42:24 PM: Rogue River?
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Keefer on January 23, 2020, 07:43:55 PM: Another possibly would be Arrow Dynamics .
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Orion on January 23, 2020, 07:48:16 PM: The other big wood arrow maker was ACME. If the shafts are 31 1/2 inches long, they're probably Acme's. If they're 32 inches long, they're Rose City (still in business) or some other manufacturer
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Si on January 23, 2020, 08:16:12 PM: They are all 31 1/2" so Acme it is. thanks guys.
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Ray Lyon on January 23, 2020, 09:27:27 PM: Acme premium wood shafting was the gold standard next to Forgewoods. The grain and burnish exterior of the shaft made Acme premiums head and shoulders above the rest.

This shaft that I took this bear with in 1985 was part of my first dozen Acme Premium shafts that were finished and tapered by the late John Grumley (son of famed Bear bowyer Nels Grumley). The Acme Premiums straighten easily and stay straight longer.
Title: Re: Old time wood shaft manufacturer, not Rose City
Post by: Kelly on January 23, 2020, 10:16:32 PM: Si, I too bought a bunch of shafts from Acme just before they went out of business for good in the early 2000’s. Now their equipment resides in the Rose City plant.