woddies, worth the trouble?

[reddogge]

I'm with LBOW.  I derive a certain satisfaction of handcrafting and maintaining my own personalized wooden arrows.  Not better but better for my psych.  Maybe they are not for the instant gratifiction generation though.

[Mudd]

I am so very happy that there are folks out there that love making arrows. I don't happen to be one of those myself. In fact, I HATE building arrows. I'd rather build 10 bows than 2 arrows. Building an arrow reminded me of trying to put together model cars(which I also hated BTW).
Arrows are beautiful and I love a good arrow especially woodies but I never was able to make them to my satisfaction. I thought that maybe it was because they were wood so I tried to build some aluminum ones... it wasn't any better.
I tried to force myself. I bought a gross of Rose City shafts once...lol I ended up giving most of them away. Years ago I planted japanese arrow bamboo in my back yard. and I've yet to cut one arrow shaft from it. The same is true of the arrow wood bushes(viburnum) I planted, or the gray dogwood I planted.
Maybe this coming year I'll cut it all and take it to the MoBoJam as trading material..lol

OOppsss! I got carried away.. I love shooting woodies and they aren't any trouble at all...lol
God bless,Mudd

[Jack Whitmire Jr]

No

[vtmtnman]

I'm going to make a switch to woodies this year.I shoot everything(Carbon,wood and aluminum).Trying to decide on what particular shaft to use.I've been looking at sitka spruce,hex pine or tapered lam birch.There are many choices of shafts to choose from,each is their own animal,and building raw sticks into a finely crafted arrow is a big draw to trad for me.

Carbons are tough,aluminum has the consistensy and weight,but woodies are a labor of love.

[Bjorn]

Wood arrows are way too much trouble, are horribly expensive, and really not worth a darn-save your self the trouble. And besides there just isn't enough good wood around for everyone to start fiddling with wood arrows-heck you might even get hooked! Stick with the other materials where there is no danger of addiction!

[jerseyboy]

Building woods can be alot of fun.You get to personalize every aspect of the arrow and when you stab something with one its even more satisfying. I have found that nothing shoots smoother or sweeter than wood. I was reluctant to try but now thats all i use lets face it if you want to be truley traditional theres no choice its wood. I tried my carbon and aluminum from the logbow and recurve but it just dident seem right.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

I haven't had to straighten any of my Douglas fir arrows, yet. They are worth it!

[Day Dreamer]

I switched from wood to carbons, tough choice but I'm glad I did. To me woods are alot of work not as nearly consistant as carbons. Especially buying a new bow and trying to tune woods to bow, thats a tough combo to work with. I've read on A&H archery web-site, that, out of a hundred wood shafts he would find a doz straight shafts. Hope this helps.

[lpcjon2]

As far as woodies go if you want them to be straight and hard you have to dilute Viagra into some water and dip the shafts in it then your good for 6-8 hrs of shooting...LOL I love my woodies and never had a problem.

[Yolla Bolly]

lpcjon---
Didn't I see you on one of those info-damnable-mertials my wife keeps leaving on the TV?

[luvnlongbow]

There are two arrow shafts I shoot. Alumunum and wood. I also make my own arrows. It is now getting to be a hobby to dip and crest a dozen shafts. Work? Maybe . For me fun. George you have some expensive Tomato stakes.

[Spectre]

Originally posted by bowmaster12:
since im getting a new bow im thinking of making the switch to wooden arrows but from the littel i know about them it seems they are alot of work.  Always needing straigtening and what not. Do you guys feel that its worth all the work need to shoot these arrows?

Yup...

[varmint101]

Absolutely.  I think they're a lot more fun than carbon or aluminum though I shoot them too.  

Just something about them makes me think they have more warmth than the others.

This is another thing I like about'm!  Boy the smell/look good like this.

[Arrow4Christ]

I'm enjoying my Surewood arrows so far. They seem straight, easy to straighten, and after initial straightening, they've stayed that way. I hope they keep it up!!
Craig

[mmgrode]

I like wood, aluminum and carbon.  I used to shoot wood exclusively, namely because I could build a bunch of arrows cheaply(compared to alum/carbon) and not be out too much when I lost them. The laminated birch shafts were tough as nails too.  I built them plain jane with no cresting, etc. Many shoot well with the woodies and enjoy them very much.

For me, I didn't have the same confidence shooting the wood arrows as I do now with my carbons.  Each arrow is the same. Less variables in the shooting equation.  In addition, I can jack up the point weight on the carbons to suit me...something difficult to achieve with woodies.  Many carbons also have skinny shafts for better penetration.  

Who knows, I may go back to wood someday, but for now carbons suit me just fine.  Why not try some of each?  
Matt

[twitchstick]

Well I shoot carbon out of my GM2 now and wood out of my martin LB. They both shoot well. Wood has alway been what my LB wants and is cheap. Making woodies is not very hard, I can even do it. I have always hand straightend my shafts even helps to know when I use to shoot aluminum. There is an certian appeal to wood,the smell,the fit and finish,the process in builing them. Wood is good. Carbon hasn't been the best tomato stake, I guess mine just grow to big for that,lol.

[Spectre]

In my mind trad=wood. It is probably just me. I like to go all out.

[Steve O]

They smell good...

I don't have the time to fiddle with them though.

[Don Stokes]

Wood bows and wood arrows- can't beat 'em.

I make simple wood arrows. No crown dip, no paint. The only "dressing" I put on them is simple cresting with sharpie pens. That's so I can tell sets apart.

For me, if I'm not shooting wood arrows I might as well have wheels on my bow, too.

[Fletcher]

I moved up to wood arrows MANY years ago and have no plans to change.  Every time I send a wood arrow to its mark, a part of me flies with it.  Aluminum and now carbon make very functional arrows, but they have no spirit or life in them.  

Steve, if you have the right arrows you won't have to fiddle with them.   :D