I just recieved an arrowfor the arrow donation from Bowfred,And it Bamboo (looks way to cool).So my ? is is there a bow weight limit for bamboo to be shot from? I have A Hill Tembo 70#@31 and do they have bamboo that goes to the 70-80# spine? Thanks in advance Tim
Spine wiegh it...I have bamboo in 55#-59# and 60#-64# spine wieght....
Shawn...
The shaft is for St.Jude giveaway and I am thinking for my own use if they make them in that range.
My supplier is relocating right now to Texas..I will e-mail him for availibility on those shafts.. make's a great arrow...
Shawn...
I love the way they look with the joint's in them,Thanks
It all depends on how you cut them. I have shafts I'm working on that are all in the 85/90 range.
Tim,
Heavy spined bamboo shafts are available.
I've seen them listed as high as 90#+.
I only make them for my own personal use so have only ordered between 55-65# and 60-70#
Fred
Thanks Fred and Jeremy, I will have to look into it more.
...any pics of bamboo arrows ...please !!! :)
Bamboo arrows generally shoot like a 10# lighter spined arrow because of the natural taper so a 70# to 80# cane arrow should shoot like a 60# or 70# arrow if cut to 28". for each inch longer that 28" you can reduce by 5# per inch.
With the hill cane I cut I can easily get 80#+ spined shafts and shoot most from my 55#@26" bows.
Are they as tough as POC.
Tougher! The river cane, not asian bamboo, shafts, I have came from Oklahoma. I been shooting them about a year now, and am really impressed!
POC is a great shaft material in alot of ways, but not the toughtest. There are trade-offs when it comes to any arrow material.
QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
Are they as tough as POC.
POC is tough?? I smells great when it breaks, and it does frequently where I small game hunt! :) It seems everything I've tried is tougher than POC.
:biglaugh:
Come on now Jeremy I have shot POC into plywood and last Sunday a brick wall and the tip got mucked up but the shaft didn't break.and thats out of a 70# Hill.Maybe you shoot the light spine POC(35-50#) But the 70-80# is pretty tough.
Hardly anything is as tough as a good cane arrow.
Where can you buy spined bamboo shafts?
Are they tough?
I have at least a dozen broken arrows sitting in my bin waiting to be trimmed and used for the grandkids. Aluminum, wood and carbon.
I have never yet busted a cane arrow.
Search Yahoo... type in BAMBOO ARROW SHAFTS
A sneak peak at some shafts being prepared for arrow donation to St. Judes Auction. (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z314/Bowferd/DSC02720.jpg)
Bowferd, those are beautiful nock. Good work! Are they insert or self nock?
Self nocks filed in and then stained and oiled.
2 more coats of oil and then the nocks will be wrapped forward for strength.
Then on to the Bitz for fletching.
Points will be installed as final step with 1/8" nails imbedded for about another 90 gr to help with FOC.
here are some i've made out of tonkin, japanese arrow boo, and sasa bamboo. poc is not even in the same league as cane. i do have some squirrel arrows i made out of some poc, so if i lose them it won't hurt.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Bow4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Arrrow3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/JapaneseBoo1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/08arrows.jpg)
WOW!!!!!!!
Beautiful!
Mechslasher,
That's some nice work. Bamboo gives us so much natural ability and strength to work with.
And as you have shown an imagination and effort can create an arrow like nothing else.
Wood comes close with a lot of talent and hard work.
Carbon and aluminum have no way to compete with
the natural beauty of bamboo.