G'day all
I am wanting to make my own wooden arrow sharfts and I'm need some advice with where to get the wood and which wood.
Heres a youtube video which is great...this is how i intend on building them. any help appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nve9CetSKg
Arrow making
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- Stickbow Hunter
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Re: Arrow making
I like Oregon as it really does make beautiful arra shafts. You can buy it new from timber yards or some old window and bed frames were made from it.
Jeff
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Re: Arrow making
I like Douglas fir. They're a bit heavier than cedar, and come in the heavy spines. They're supplied by www.surewoodshafts.com . Jeff, is Oregon another name for Douglas fir? I thought I heard that.
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Both names are commonly used.
Neither are scientific nomenclature.
Kevin
Neither are scientific nomenclature.
Kevin
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So, what is the correct binomial, Kev?
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Re: Arrow making
love that douglas fur-oregon its the only arrows i use these day's,i've even got a 6x4 piece an old gent gave me, that i'm going to cut up for arrows when i get low. ...................Rod
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Re: Arrow making
As Kevin says Ben.
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