German pine shafts

[dixiearcher]

Has anyone used German pine shafts? Would you recommend them?

[Bjorn]

There was a thread on here recently about those German Pine Shafts. Try a search.

[dixiearcher]

Ok I figured there was a catch when I saw the price...I want to make some woodies to hunt with. I have used some ramin that my father-in-law graciously gave me to learn on making flu flus and such. I would like to try to make some nice arrows for deer and or hog. what shaft material would you suggest?

[Bjorn]

While there are alternatives, Surewood shafting is an outstanding choice, either direct or from a dealer like Braveheart.

[mudfish]

I used the German Pine recently for practice arrows for my teenage daughter, they worked out fine for that purpose.  the weight range within the dozen was a little broad, and they were not the straightest shafts I've ever seen but they straightened out pretty easy with a little compression.  the grain run-out was not any worse than most cedar.  they would probably work out OK as hunting arrows if you picked through a bunch and used the best for hunting and the rest for stumping.

the best shafts I have gotten in the last few years were sitka spruce from Hildebrand, every shaft was pretty much perfect and the weight only varied about 20 grains over a hundred.  they make an arrow a little lighter than I would like for hunting, but now that I've gotten into gasket lacquer I'm just finding out that you can add some weight in a hurry with more coats.

I am still using PO cedars that I made years ago  for my hunting arrows, have not tried Surewoods yet but from all the good things that are being said I will be giving them a try