Irish Arrows?

[Brian Krebs]

Among things my mother gave me while traveling round the planet is a Shillelagh. It is a stick that were 'tempered in slack lime'- or 'rubbed in butter and left up in the chimney where it was left to season for months'(from the tag on the Shillelagh).

Got me to wondering - as the Shillelagh is heavy for its size; and is incredibly strong - has the techniques to make it ever been used to make arrows weight forward; or stronger-etc...?

(Yes all my big game tags  for this year are filled)......   :rolleyes:  

gotta wonder though...    

[TomMcDonald]

Awesome idea there. I'd be keen to give it a go but I don't have a chimney anymore.

It says on wikepedia that they're sometimes hollowed and filled with lead. That would be interesting for EFOC.

[Old York]

Well I'd say one could cut to the chase & fill their dip-tubes with Irish Pure Pot Still Whiskey and have a grand time increasing the FOC and overall ambience.

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Old York:
Well I'd say one could cut to the chase & fill their dip-tubes with Irish Pure Pot Still Whiskey and have a grand time increasing the FOC and overall ambience.

Lol - don't try the old flaming arrow trick with one of those.  That could get scary.

[McDave]

One of the things that Saxton Pope learned from Ishi is that the Indians regularly rubbed both their bows and arrows with grease, which may be similar to rubbing the shillelagh in butter.  I don't imagine it would do much good to rub either your bows or your arrows in anything once a polyurethane or similar finish has been applied.

[Pruneemac]

Since you brought up the Irish...

Why did God invent Whiskey?....

So the Irish couldn't rule the world!

I should know