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Hardwood arrow shafts?

Started by bondo, August 18, 2012, 04:39:00 PM

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bondo

Tried searching with little results. Any sponcers here sell Hardwood arrow shafts?
You can only blow so much smoke until someone will want to see you make fire.

Bjorn

Raptor Archery has Ash maybe other h'woods too.

sweeney3

Not that I have noticed, but if you find hickory shafts, let us know.
Silence is golden.

Turkhunter

Why are hardwood shafts not very popular?
J.K. Traditions Kanati 56" 52#@27"

Jake Fr

I got a dowler and started making my own outa hack berry sence I dont have hickory in my area and like em alot better pluss they weigh a lil more my finished arrows are almost 800grns in my spine

jsweka

QuoteOriginally posted by Turkhunter:
Why are hardwood shafts not very popular?
They tend to not be as straight as something like cedar, sitka spruce, or douglas fir.  Sometimes they might be a little too heavy.  Not that there's anything wrong with a heavy shaft, but you can really start noticing a lot of arch, especially with a lower draw weight bow.  I often use ash shafts and although they take a little more effort to straighten, once sealed they stay pretty true.  You can't beat the durability of ash and I would argue that they are more durable than aluminum.
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ChuckC

Been a while, but I had good luck here.
www.arrowwoods.com

Their ash arrows were great quality, and they apparently also have hickory.
ChuckC

SELFBOW19953

Try Twig Archery or Allegheny Mountain Arrow Woods.  3 Rivers has laminated birch.
SELFBOW19953
USAF Retired (1971-1991)
"Somehow, I feel that arrows made of wood are more in keeping with the spirit of old-time archery and require more of the archer himself than a more modern arrow."  Howard Hill from "Hunting The Hard Way"

WESTBROOK

Ted at Raptor usually has Ash & Hickory, nice shafts.

Those HW shafts tend tend to make a heavier arrow than most folks are lookin for. LamBirch or Hickory with a 160g pt your at 800g right now! Ash is a tad lighter.

Mid 600's is adequate for me and thats done easily with Fir, Spruce and Cedar with a 160+ BH.

Eric

Jake Fr

I got a dowler and started making my own outa hack berry sence I dont have hickory in my area and like em alot better pluss they weigh a lil more my finished arrows are almost 800grns in my spine

akbowbender

I have some Ash shafts from Allegheny. For me, they were easy to straighten, have stayed straight and took stain well. That's what I'm using for moose hunting.
Chuck

Pat B

Magnus has poplar shafts. I have two sets of arrows I made from them, one tapered set and one parallel and another set waiting to be arrows. These poplars stay straight, are very durable and shoot as well or better than other hardwood arrows I have made. My arrows cut to 29" came out heavier than cedar but not as heavy as ash.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
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wooddamon1

Ash stains beautifully with any color, I got some tapered ones from The Footed Shaft I think it was...

Gonna have to straighten some, but once they get sealed they pretty much stay straight. Heavy as heck and hit like a tank.

Not a lot of grain to show here, but a natural/ darker line...

"The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind..."-Fred Bear


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