From: garnet65
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Please tell me which wood you think best, and the best source for these shafts (vendor), and why.
Needed for 45-50 lbs longbows and recurves, 3 feather 4" or 5" fletch, 100-125 grain glue-on points, 27"-28" length, for hunting.
Thanks for your feedback and help.
Regards,
WMM
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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In my opinion, and it's only mine, P.O. Cedar is the standard of the industry and has been for many moons. There are others of course, and you will hear their stories too. You really need to find which one you like by trying some. Taking someone else's opinion as the best can be a disappointment.
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From: Shooter
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Gorge has it right as usual.
I’m getting out of archery. If you decide to try POC give me a shout.
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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If you ask ten people that question there is a good chance you will get ten different answers. For me it's P.O.Cedar, but that is just my opinion. On the good side they're easy to straighten, fairly straight grained, they stains well, light to moderate in physical weight, they shoot good off my bows, and they smell great. But they are not as durable as some of the other arrow woods. I personally don't worry about the durable part because building more cedar arrows is not a problem for me and I like doing it. :)
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From: George Tsoukalas
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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When I've bought shafts and arrows they were PO cedar. Jawge
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From: Stew
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Douglas Fir from Surewood are the best I have found.
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From: M60gunner
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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I am no expert but I like Cedar, Doug Fir and Stika Spruce. My sources have included Rose City, Surewood, 3RIVERS, Wapiti. I tried over the years Hexshafts, Bamboo, Hickory, Maple, and Ramin. Favorites are the first three, I like Surewood and Wapiti as dealers. Our Spruce dealer these days seems to be 3R
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From: Killbuck
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Twig tapered cedar.
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From: fdp
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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I guess I'm the odd man out. I prefer hardwood shafts. I live and shoot in really rocky country, and they (hardwood shafts) are just more durable. Because I do miss.
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From: Dkincaid
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Stop missing frank! Depends the most important thing is having someone who knows what they are doing build them. Took me years to get it right and there is no way I could make money building them because it is time consuming. Quality wood arrows are quality arrows regardless of wood type crappy wood arrows are crappy arrows in spite of the wood type
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From: fdp
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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LOL! You're right DKincaid.
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From: lost run
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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Birch has been durable for me.
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From: MStyles
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Date: 19-Sep-18 |
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I’m partial to old vintage, Port Orford Cedar shafts, but Hickory is my all-time favorite.
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From: Frisky
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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The best arrow wood is probably red osier and it can be found growing all over the place. It has been in use for at least 1,000 years and has taken the most game.
Joe
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From: Bowlim
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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POC, is the best all around. Rose City is what I used to use, but most places are under new management today, or gone. D-Fir is the least split resistant. Sitka has the best strength properties, which is why it is favoured in aircraft. POC is mainly a play on the very best grain, based on it's availability which is always going to change. Plus it is the lightest usable wood available in quantity. So that plays into popularity as with carbon.
Buying wood is a day by day thing, particularly the more pressure you get on the resource. Arrow wood is by far the most highly graded wood in the world. And it is in direct competition with other higher uses like soundboards. I would say a dozen arrows is what it would take to make the soundboard on a guitar that would sell for 4K. Though more competition in the Spruces.
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From: pops
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Cedar has worked for me.
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From: eagle_eye
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Cedar from Wapiti Archery.
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From: dgb
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Hmmm . . . I've tried it all - ash, maple, birch, doug fir, larch, PO cedar, poplar, sitka spruce, chundoo and probably others. For me, sitka spruce and chundoo worked best. The only one I would NEVER use again is larch - very brittle.
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From: Hellbender
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Imo the finest wood hunting arrows I've ever shot were made from straight grained birch, tapered at the nock end. The Mongols, Vikings, Chinese, Medieval English, and even Pope & Young shot birch shafts. For me, birch strikes a good balance between weight,straightness, stability, durability and availability. The only setback is that suppliers of birch shafts are scarce these days. If you find the time and desire to make your own, even the Chinese made birch dowels found in craft stores these days are made from Baltic birch grown in Russia, and are often very high quality material.
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From: garnet65
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Thank you everyone. Sounds like I need to give two or three woods a try, and see what my experience is.
Easy to work with and durability are traits I am looking for, so I'll work with the above feedback accordingly.
Thanks again all.
Regards, WMM
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From: Bill Rickvalsky
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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I guess I like POC the best and have been very satisfied with the shafts I received from Wapiti Archery. When I need arrows that can stand up to abuse I like ash shafts but have not found a source for ash shafts lately. I used to get them from Silent Pond years ago.
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From: SuperK
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Lots of good arrow wood out there. I have found that WHO you get your shafting from is maybe more important that what kind. Wapiti archery for cedar, Surewood Shafts for Douglas Fir, and TrueShaft for Sitka Spruce (Raptor Archery and 3 Rivers stock them) are the ones I buy from. Great shafting from each one.
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From: N. Y. Yankee
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Cedar does have a lot going for it and makes good arrows. It tends to stay straight, is easy to work with and cut tapers, smells wonderful and will kill game just as well as anything else. Only thing you always hear bad about it is "it breaks". Well, I'll tell you, I've lost way more cedar arrows than I ever broke and the ones that broke missed the target and hit something very hard. Surprise! Wood does break sometimes! Wow, there is a real revelation huh? Douglas Fir is the new POC and is my vote for the best all-around arrow shaft. I have smacked some Doug Fir into a brick wall and the broadhead failed but the Fir shaft was reusable. Both are very good.
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From: olbuflo
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Date: 20-Sep-18 |
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Sitka spruce and, if you can find it, leopard wood. About three years ago order two dozen and never had to straighten any of them. Maybe I was just lucky but that scored with me. Only problem is finding it in lighter weights/spines.
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