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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: UrbanArcher1975 on September 26, 2013, 11:42:00 PM
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Does anyone have any experience with bamboo arrows? I was thinking about trying some, but I don't know much about them.
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Love 'em! River Cane or Bamboo. Naturally tapered. They're about all I shoot anymore. Kinda a pain to build from scratch, but well worth the time spent!
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Double what JAG said, if you want to build a primitive arrow, nothing beats bamboo. Top it off with real turkey feathers, self nocks and stone points and you have a great arrow !!! I'll post some pics tonight.
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Urbanarcher - send a PM to "Magnus", he can answer your questions and probably fix you up with some of what you'll want to use in building them.
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Someone else asked about this a while back. I posted some stuff on them you might want to look up. But they are very forgiving as to there spine. I can shoot the same arrows off my bow from 44lbs. to 57lbs. I know that sounds crazy but you should try it. I can give you some more info on building them if you want to send me a PM. Thanks, Gary
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I'll get ahold of you when I start. Any idea where a good place to buy shafts? I see a bunch of positive feedback from some of the stuff coming out of Hong Kong and Shanghai on ****, but I don't know... prefer to keep the money in the US.
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Originally posted by UrbanArcher1975:
Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I'll get ahold of you when I start. Any idea where a good place to buy shafts? I see a bunch of positive feedback from some of the stuff coming out of Hong Kong and Shanghai on ****, but I don't know... prefer to keep the money in the US.
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How heavy are they? I always figured they would be rather light, but really strong, and thus hard to get them made to 10 gpp.
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ALSO, can anyone recommend a good jig for both traditional arrows 11/32" and kids metal/carbon shafts... maybe something other than Bitzenburger (it's expensive).
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I like my Bitz's the best but my Jojans are a close second.
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Adam, PM sent
Tradguy, you can make a hunting arrow no problem with boo shafts. you will be surprised at the weight.
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plenty heavy and great for hunting.
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Mine @ 65 spine weigh 620 grains with a 125 grain head, plenty heavy.
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Not a lot of good bamboo growing in the US, so even what you buy from US dealers/suppliers is coming from the East. I've been shooting bamboo arrows for quite some time and really like them. With the pre-finished arrows, I find a great deal of quality variability, but with the shafts, they are much better. I usually make mine Japanese-style, with silk thread wrapped around the fronts of the feathers, behind points, and ahead of nocks, and horn or bone nocks.
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Originally posted by UrbanArcher1975:
ALSO, can anyone recommend a good jig for both traditional arrows 11/32" and kids metal/carbon shafts... maybe something other than Bitzenburger (it's expensive).
I like saving money myself but when i got back into trad I guess it's been around 8 or so years now. The first thing I did was buy a Bitz and I'm glad I did because it has paid for itself many times over. This is one time you will get what you pay for.
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UrbanArcher1975, since you live in Florida, you should be able to find lots of cane growing nearby. Harvest some this winter and have fun. Nature's carbon shafts.