Cypress Arrows??

[Magnum in Ms]

Has anyone ever made any arrows from cypress?
How would the weight ,durability and ability to  straiten be compared to cedar or other common arrow woods?

[sendero25]

Magnum,
Never made an arrow from cypress, but I cut it several times a year to make hiking staffs/shooting sticks out of. I don't know, but it may be pretty light for arrows. It would be waterproof though! My staffs also go through a lot of "warping" as they dry and age.
My staffs seem pretty light for their length, but I have never weighed a cedar staff to compare.
Neat idea though, we have lots of cypress here.
John

[Paul Mattson]

Here's are a few facts after a quick search.


Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants which bear the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family also carry the name, including:


Port Orford Cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)

COMMON NAMES:   Port Orford cedar, Oregon cedar, Lawson's cypress.

The USDA officially calls it by the name Port Orford Cedar, as do most people in its native area, but as it is not a cedar, many botanists prefer to avoid the name, using Lawson's Cypress, or in very rare instances Port Orford Cypress, instead to stop confusion. The horticultural industry, in which the species is very important, mostly uses the name Lawson's Cypress.

[James Wrenn]

I saw some boards yesterday with super straight grain in them.Never thought about arrows but was wondering the whole time if they would make a bow.  :D

[aromakr]

Nice work Paul:
Not many know that POC is really a cypress. Its strange that it only grows in such a small area of the world!
Bob