Hex shafts

[dragon slayer]

came across these shafts on the net.   www.hexshaftarrows.com      and was wondering if anyone has experience, positive or negative about them.
am fairly new to the trad so would like to hear opinions.

[Leo L.]

I've checked out the website before, and I'm pretty much sold, but they're kind of expensive.  I sure would like to give them a chance someday.

[UK Bowman]

I had a doz and found them fragile when stump shooting, however for targets and hunting they were fine. Make very pretty arrows, very straight and heavy.
Also this is just my opinion, I have heard many others say that they are great, I may have just had a bad batch?

[DesertDude]

Check with Whispering Wind Arrows, Bob is the Expert on these shafts........

[Battle_shaft]

Yeah, Let me second whispering wind.

Hexshafts are great. Tough, and heavy!!!!

[killinstuff]

IMHO, a good quality POC or spruce shaft is much better then the hex.

CJ

[john4645]

here's the deal, when you laminate stuff together, ie birch or these hex shafts they should be perfectly straight. The arrow builder should not have to straighten them. I have tried both the laminated birch and the hex shafts (from Whispering Wind)and although a decent shaft I was not impressed.

[aromakr]

john4645:
Here's the deal!! NO laminated shafts will be no straighter than a one piece shaft.  moisture entering or leaving even a laminated shaft will cause it to become crooked. That's why its so important to get a good finish on any shaft. And thats why you may need to straighten a shaft prior to making into an arrow. Its no big deal, just straighten it and make a quality arrow.
Bob

[laddy]

I went through a set.  Two things, they straighten easy if you have just the right heat source.  My corn burning heater.  Use a good finish as mentioned.  2.  Don't get them way over spined for a Hill style longbow, they fly good if there is a bit of life in them.
Don't be surprised about the penetrating qualities, they get pass throughs about the same as laminated birch.

[Frank V]

John4645, I use split hex shafts & arrows from Bob Burton & I really like them. I feel they are tough shafts. Frank

[WidowEater]

Their main strength is their uniform strength around the arrow.  THis makes nock placement less critical and in the instance of a nock breaking the laminated arrow will hold together in theory.

My question is that is it possible to do things with hex shafts that cannot be done with regular wood?  Such as ExFOC? bareshafting?

[dragon slayer]

thanks for your reply's.
contacted bob at whispering wind and ended up purchasing a dozen that will be footed and taperd.
what the hell its only money (gulp).
so gonna have to start building my own arrows.
hmmm a good project for the winter I think.

[Herdbull]

I just got a diozen of these footed hexshafts from Bob at Whispering Wind. This is a very good option for folks wanting longer arrows. My finished arrow is 32 inches long, the heavy spined shafts were ~535 gr, and when I fletched them four fletched and put a 125 gr Woodsman on, my finished arrow was 696 gr. The field tip counter parts are working well for me so far. Mike

[Frank V]

You both are going to like the split hex shafts from Bob. They are great arrows. Enjoy Frank