Walnut shafts????

[heydeerman]

Is it possible??

I 'm on the look-out for some. Dont know if there's any out there but sure would like some spined about 50 pounds to compliment my wifes Christmas bow. If'n I cant find em walnut footed POC would do.

[Gatekeeper]

I know of one place but they will cost you a pretty penny and they are not pre-spined. These are hardwood dowels and they only sell them 3/8” diameter or larger but, they will sand them down to the diameter that you want and not charge for the service.

 http://www.cincinnatidowel.com/hardwood.asp

[Voodoofire1]

Jim, I shot some 45-50# poc arrows w/125 up front out of it yesterday flew great too, it's a shooter..Hows 35@27-ok?
Don't know about the walnut shafts, but I'm looking for some walnut or bloodwood footed laminated shafts, maybe we can buy some dowells and have someone foot the shafts for us,Steve

[Jeff Strubberg]

I wouldn't think walnut would make much of an arrow.  It's a fairly brittle wood.

[killinstuff]

Make some. 3 rivers has a gizmo that turns 3/8" square stock into round for only a little over $500 bucks. Christmas time is almost here. Let us know how that thing works.

[SOS]

Have heard of hickory, but not walnut...would be pretty, though!

[greenie]

neat idea! I'm guessing that they would make a good stong arrow. I've seen my 300lb mother-in-law sit on a delicate little walnut stool. that was impressive.

[Stone Knife]

I have used walnut Reparrow footings, they are tough.

[Gordon Jabben]

I used to make walnut arrows occasionally.  They seem to have a lot of spring and made good arrows.  It did seem to very in spine quite a bit from one piece of wood to another.  They are moderately heavy.  Of all the hardwoods I have tried, I liked the walnut the best.

[Shawn Leonard]

If ya cannot find some, just use a dark Walnuy stain, as ya know it will lighten up but ya could rub on a few coats. Ya could even look at the bow Steve made for ya and match it. Shawn

[snag]

You definitely would want the "premium" and that stuff is expensive. Probably not the best wood for arrows if you are shooting it through a longbow. Would want a bow that was center cut. I don't think it would bend well around a riser.

[Pat B]

I have a walnut footed aspen arrow with walnut footed self nock that Art B gave me.    Pat

[Dallas]

Walnut makes a great arrow.  Have shot some hand planed walnut arrows with both a longbow and recurve and they perform very well.  Lee Valley sells a Veritas dowel maker for around 20 or 30 bucks that will turn square stock into 3/8" round and you can sand from there.

[heydeerman]

How about walnut footed shafts. Anybody know where a guy can get some?

Without going to alot of trouble I'll proly go with walnut stained cedars like mentioned above. You never know untill you ask.

[Jim now in Kentucky]

Reparrow footings, or I  could turn out  11/32 walnut  shafts, but wouldn't  want to get heavily into producing  them.