Hardwood arrow shafts?

[bondo]

Tried searching with little results. Any sponcers here sell Hardwood arrow shafts?

[Bjorn]

Raptor Archery has Ash maybe other h'woods too.

[sweeney3]

Not that I have noticed, but if you find hickory shafts, let us know.

[Turkhunter]

Why are hardwood shafts not very popular?

[Jake Fr]

I got a dowler and started making my own outa hack berry sence I dont have hickory in my area and like em alot better pluss they weigh a lil more my finished arrows are almost 800grns in my spine

[jsweka]

Originally posted by Turkhunter:
Why are hardwood shafts not very popular?

They tend to not be as straight as something like cedar, sitka spruce, or douglas fir.  Sometimes they might be a little too heavy.  Not that there's anything wrong with a heavy shaft, but you can really start noticing a lot of arch, especially with a lower draw weight bow.  I often use ash shafts and although they take a little more effort to straighten, once sealed they stay pretty true.  You can't beat the durability of ash and I would argue that they are more durable than aluminum.

[ChuckC]

Been a while, but I had good luck here.
 www.arrowwoods.com

Their ash arrows were great quality, and they apparently also have hickory.
ChuckC

[SELFBOW19953]

Try Twig Archery or Allegheny Mountain Arrow Woods.  3 Rivers has laminated birch.

[WESTBROOK]

Ted at Raptor usually has Ash & Hickory, nice shafts.

Those HW shafts tend tend to make a heavier arrow than most folks are lookin for. LamBirch or Hickory with a 160g pt your at 800g right now! Ash is a tad lighter.

Mid 600's is adequate for me and thats done easily with Fir, Spruce and Cedar with a 160+ BH.

Eric

[Jake Fr]

I got a dowler and started making my own outa hack berry sence I dont have hickory in my area and like em alot better pluss they weigh a lil more my finished arrows are almost 800grns in my spine

[akbowbender]

I have some Ash shafts from Allegheny. For me, they were easy to straighten, have stayed straight and took stain well. That's what I'm using for moose hunting.

[Pat B]

Magnus has poplar shafts. I have two sets of arrows I made from them, one tapered set and one parallel and another set waiting to be arrows. These poplars stay straight, are very durable and shoot as well or better than other hardwood arrows I have made. My arrows cut to 29" came out heavier than cedar but not as heavy as ash.

[wooddamon1]

Ash stains beautifully with any color, I got some tapered ones from The Footed Shaft I think it was...

Gonna have to straighten some, but once they get sealed they pretty much stay straight. Heavy as heck and hit like a tank.

Not a lot of grain to show here, but a natural/ darker line...