I got a current list of the poplar that is available at this time in the sponsor classified's. Supplies are limited. Thanks for looking! :archer:
PM sent. Thanks
BOB
From what I've heard from everyone using these, they're "hell for stout" and being year-long air dried instead of modern kiln dried, they are stable and straight!
You and Charlie have outdone yourselves, Matt!
You watch....you guys will create a big demand and Charlie gonna be scufflin for air dried wood!
I got some 10 yr old oak boards in the store room! Might take a carbine blade to cut em! :)
Excellent quality shafts. I've put these through some destruction testing as detailed by myself and several others in other threads.....these shafts will take some serious abuse and have excellent flight characteristics.
Oh yeah.....can't go wrong dealing with Matt, either. :thumbsup:
Doc you are correct on the aspect of seasoned wood vs. dried wood. Two totally different aspects. Naturally seasoned wood has the characteristics wanted for arrow wood.
Thanks Rob. :archer:
Only makes sense, Matt. When man allows Nature to take it's time to stabilize it's own bounty, not force it to man's desired impatient time table, then when man tries to make things with those natural things, they behave better!
Dad was a cabinet maker and felt the same way...want precision from wood? Let it cure in it's own time and way!
Excellent concept you and Charlie are undertaking! Cudos!
Just sent payment out for 2 doz. Can't wait til they get here and start the building process. Matt was a great guy to deal with also. HURRY up mailman!!!!!!
Bob
QuoteOriginally posted by magnus:
Doc you are correct on the aspect of seasoned wood vs. dried wood. Two totally different aspects. Naturally seasoned wood has the characteristics wanted for arrow wood.
Thanks Rob. :archer:
Matt
Same can be said for bow wood. I have osage that is DECADES old, and it is totaly different than the 2-3 year old stuff. I love it.
AND, I love poplar arrows. I will be intouch.
You got that right Chuck. Not that I know about building bows yet other than what I have read and learned here and other places from folks that know. Nature at its best. The longer it's seasoned the better.
Ahhh, yes....sorta sounds like good wine, Matt...
Dang...and I'm out... hmmm! :)
QuoteOriginally posted by Doc Nock:
Ahhh, yes....sorta sounds like good wine, Matt...
Dang...and I'm out... hmmm! :)
My kind of wine is "Vintage...Tuesday". But my wood is all air dried as well.
Now you made me Tirsty Doc,
I didn't say I was out of GOOD WINE...just out!
You CAN get "good wine" w/ a screw off cap, right?
hey...anything over $4.99 1/5th is conspicuous consumption!
Here's the latest set of the Poplars that I made up. Sorry for the poor pic. Phone is getting wore out.
(http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb472/mwgtrad/1332977445.jpg)
Very nice Matt, stop making them look so good, your making mine look worse...LOL
I've enjoyed working on and shooting the poplars I got from you guys, Matt. I thought it would be difficult getting used to "store bought" shafts again after years of sooting cane and hardwood shoots but these poplar shafts really helped my transition, not that I'm giving up my natural shafting but another good option is always a good thing.
...and like Chuck said, seasoned wood makes a big difference in bow wood as well as arrow shafting.
Great job Matt. Looks very nice, and I am sure will shoot great too.
Thanks guys. I got to see them fly today and boy was it pretty.
Pat,
The key seems to be the materail, prior to being made shafts, was "Stored" ...then bought... before they'ze made!
Amazing just how positive the response is and how durable these are being reported all across the country, compared to real, "store bought" kiln dried wood shafting! flipping amazing!
Matt - you make these for Colin?
Yeah he picked them up today.
Matt, you get some 80-85's in and set a dozen shafts aside for me :thumbsup:
If you end up getting more stock I'd be interested in trying some lower spines sometime in the future.
Hey Ryan you will like these shafts. They are really durable and after I put on three poly coats they have a unique look to them. I do have a little trouble reading the grain on them but I hope to get better at that as I make more of them into arrows. I have made four into arrows so far. Hey magnus they are holding up really good. I sent one into a wheelbarrow by mistake and its no worse for the wear. :thumbsup:
Ryan and Ari we're hoping to get some higher and lower spines in the near future. Each batch of wood yields what it yields. I will post in the classifieds when I get them.
Helo I'm not sure wheelbarrow's are in season yet. :bigsmyl:
This photo doesn't do these justice. I will post some more pics on Trad History and Collecting of this set up when we have some better weather.
I am transitioning to LH, and have really taken to this bow - a mid 1970's Super Grizzly. I decided it deserved some matching arras.
Matt did a splendid job. The poplar really does come out with a unique look when stained. They shoot great.
Spined between 50-54#, 29.5" BOP, 125gr pt, 580gr total. Bow is 45#. I shoot around 27-28" draw.
Now, if I could only shoot as well as they do....
My occaisional miss also testifies that these arrows and Matt's finish are tough as nails.
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa337/ceme24/50719ec1.jpg)
Matt here in UT wheelbarrows are open year round, I'm just curious if he has his wheelbarrow special draw tag. :biglaugh: But man they are tough :) I will keep checking the classifieds. Thanks!
Wheelbarrows are an open season item in Texas. But there's a part of that law that says something about the operator of said wheelbarrow being an endangered species so I hold off on the running shots.
QuoteOriginally posted by ceme24:
This photo doesn't do these justice. I will post some more pics on Trad History and Collecting of this set up when we have some better weather.
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa337/ceme24/50719ec1.jpg)
Are these feathers the low profile banana??? Very nice looking arrows.
Nice arrows! I might have to try some of that stuff...
Steadmen,
Maybe if you soak those 60# in some of that stuff we see on TV, it'll give higher spines?
I got you on the list Ryan.
Germandog those are 4x4.25 banana cut
It took me a while to warm up to the banana cut but I really like these arrows and they are whisper quiet.
Thanks for the reply, Magnus.
Banana cuts are my favorite. I modified mine to cut 5 1/4 instead of the 5.5"
however, i got some tradtional cut feathers from magnus that are just waiting to be put on some arrows :)
I can chop just about any size banana you want. I have a few of the choppers modified for different lengths and heights.
Hi Matt,
I would be interested in trying out a set with the 4x4.25 banana cut on poplars. How do I go about ordering some?
Thanks, Scott
Quicker to email him than wait for him to read this: mwg.trad@yahoo.com
Aloha Matt nice arras Im looking forward to my shafts and Fletching Aloha Ron
Hey, Matt (Magnus)
I love what you've done with your signature line and your Avatar! Excellent!
Now folks can find you pretty quick like both in your posts and on your Profile!
Way to "Git er done", Hoss!
Thanks Matt! Looking forward to them :)