ash shafts

[BUCK-EYE]

where do you guys get your ash shafts from? looking to try a different wood. have shot sitka spruce and cedar for the last few years. thanks don

[akbowbender]

http://www.arrowwoods.com/  

Bill will set you up.

[longbowray]

AMA were I get them .

[jsweka]

Ash is the toughest wood shaft you'll find, but it does need more straightening than something like cedar or douglas fir.

[Pheonixarcher]

How well do they stay straight, and how heavy are they for spine?

[dhaverstick]

I second Bill at Allegheny Mountain Arrow Woods. I've gotten ash shafts from him for years and he's always sent me a quality product.

I go between 5 and 10 pounds up in spine due to their heavy weight. Ash can be a bit of a pain to straighten at first but mine tend to stay that way once I get them there.

[RAU]

Alegheny mt arrow woods for sure. Never weighed my finished arrows but they are HEAVY. I straighten mine by repeatedly rolling briefly on the top of my wood stove straigten and repeat till done

[Bjorn]

Get the best you can find-there are no bargains when it comes to ash. If you buy the best from a reputable source they should be straight and stay that way too. At least that has been my experience. Ted at Raptor has some great ash.  

[heydeerman]

Remember Silent Pond???

[BUCK-EYE]

jim is twig arrows in ohio? didnt no if they had ash. i forgot about raptor i will call him tomorrow thanks!

[JAG]

Still have some Silent Pond shafts.  Mr. Carleson, of Madbury Arrows, once told me they were "...tougher than the hinges of hell..."  I always enjoyed talkingwith him, when I ordered shafts from him.
Johnny/JAG

[Austin Brown]

Ted didn't have ash listed on his site when I ordered some shafts from him last week.  Atleast if I'm remembering right.

[Russ Clagett]

I've heard if you scortch the shaft with heat like a torch once it is straight it will stay that way....any truth to this?

I'd love to shoot ash but worry about straigtening arrows all the time...

[Ted Fry]

Nope , sorry , no longer available at Raptor.
Not enough demand and most dont like the difficulty to straighten.
They are tough but take a little work to get them there and keep them there.
Bill at Allegheny  is the man there .
Yes I do remember Silent Pond , good shafts and Mike is a good guy, sells what he makes now for marshmallow sticks for campgrounds on the East coast.
No matching and no FET.

[heydeerman]

Don't believe Twig carries ash. He does have some heavy ramin wood shafts tho.

[Overspined]

The 2 dz ash I got from AMA was suspect.  Tons of grain run out and the 11/32 were more like 23/64. I was not impressed.  I use them only for footings now.

[heydeerman]

I just did a google search for ash shafts and besides AMAW you have to go to Europe to get em.

[Pheonixarcher]

Get them while you can boy's, because I fear the ash trees are gonna go the way of the American Chestnut!

[RAU]

Overspined Ive ordered from Allghenny mt arrow woods atleast 10 times. The service and quality are PERFECT!  Grouped within 5 lb of spine weight and +/- 10 grains of physical weight. Did you tell them your not satisfied and give the guy a chance to make this right before you slam him publicly on a message board? If these shafts were in fact suspect I guarantee that guy would have made it right.

[heydeerman]

Ash...the wood of king's I have heard said. Excellent firewood. The best tree to put a climber in. The perfect bark for bite and usually pretty straight. Great arrow wood. Ash borers suck.