Back in around 2003 I bought a dozen Hexshafts. I loved the idea ( and still do) of a wooden circular composite arrow made with no grain directional bias made in the style of a pencil.

Alas for some reason I couldn't get the shafts to fly right and stay straight, so I gave them to a friend. He loved them and won several club, county and regional championships with them.

The name crops up from time to time and there's been talk of the machinery to make the shafts is still in existance so I was wondering if anyone had any news of a possible return of Hexshafts because I'd love to give them another try.

I don't see it happening but I would like to be wrong.

I'll be grateful if in 10 yrs. we can buy any wood shafts at all.

They were a great shaft, I sold thousands of them and made thousands of arrows from them. The people that purchased the equipment told me they were redesigning the tooling. For the life of me I can't understand why? As is the machinery made outstanding shafts. Yes they are more work to make, but!

Phil; the secret to keeping them straight is use heat when straightening them, and seal them well with a good oil base finish.

Bob

I'm afraid the good old days are a memory, hex shafts are probably to costly to make now days.

I bought six dozen years ago, but I only have one dozen left. I believe I bought the six dozen off of aromakr. I built some really nice arrows out of them.

I liked them. More durable and heavier than POC. What was not to like?

I doubt they will ever come back. Carbon has taken over. With regular wood shafts almost exceeding cheap carbons on Amazon hex shafts wold be to expensive. It’s a shame to see another icon gone like compressed cedar shafts.

How were they made? I've not heard of them I'm also one of the young ones on here lol. Ask Frank he knows :)

I bought some hexa shafts from Bob Aromakr as well along time ago and finished them out myself.Killed my 1st traditional buck with one of those arrows.

I liked em.

Basically they are 6 wedges of pine glued together to make a round shaft

A little different experience with hex shafts than above. About 1989 I bought a dozen shafts. Not one was remotely straight. Not knowing the "use heat" suggestion herein, I could not get one straight. I returned them and have no desire to see them on the market.

True Shaft that makes sitka spruce shafting has hex equipment but is not running them yet

I had a couple a fella gave me at a shoot long time ago. Nice shafts. I remember thinking how labor intensive it would be to make those. What did they go for a doz., and what would you expect to pay now.

i tried them and had a similar experience as muddyboots and believe they went away for a reason. i saw no advantage to them that would make a difference in me punching my tag or not.

as mentioned above, they must be very labor intensive to make, and i can't imagine there was much of a market or would be a market in the future if they were made again. i may be wrong though.

I purchased some from aromaker at Kalamazoo years ago They are great shafts and did stay straight when using heat to straighten. I hope they come back into production.

I had dozen when I first started out making arrows like others posted didn't know about heat to straighten them.

I got a dozen of them many years ago from Aromakr, i liked them alot. never had a problem with them being straight. Still have some of them but they are a little stiff for the poundage i shoot now.

I’d like to see forge would make a come back

My only experience with hex shafts is that I found one on a 3-D range--it was broken. ;-)

I think the feature of being the same stiffness in any direction is only useful so it isn't necessary to align the growth rings in a partular orientation. We only need arrows to be of the same stiffness in the one direction the arrow will flex when shot. The rest is lipstick on a pig.

And most of the pines are either weaker than the other arrow woods or heavier. I don't know what variety hex shafts were made from.

Thanks Stix

As ARCHRE167 has stated above, Trueshaft Archery which presently manufactures and sells Sitka Spruce, and Hemlock, has acquired the equipment and is presently upgrading it to his requirements to serve the community of archers. This is an exciting endeavor, and will produce in time. I don't have a timeframe but progress is there. There are many exciting events going on with them, and they are sure to announce it all when it becomes fitting. About wood shafts not being available in a few yrs- only time will tell- but what I can say is that with the amount of investment going into it, there are many betting that the market will be there, and demand will be great, and quality of shafting superb! Stay tuned, and check with Trueshaft for updates this winter. Thanks RR

Hope springs eternal!!!

Interesting. Glad pictures were posted, cause I thought they were hexagonal shaped shafts that needed to be turned on a lathe after purchase to be made round, lol!

I can kind of see the theory of them being stronger than traditional shafts, but obviously much more work to produce them so they will always be correspondingly more expensive.

It amazes me how people that know nothing about this shaft make comments like this. They are really not any more difficult to make than a conventional wood shaft.

I received the very first examples of this shaft and purchased the remaining inventory when the manufacture passed away. I sold and manufactured 10's of thousand arrows from these shafts for over twenty + years I was in business. They have numerous advantages over a conventional wood shaft. I hope they will return to the market, however as long as the new owner has taken to "Upgrade" the equipment I'm beginning to doubt they will.

Bob

Thanks Bob.

There are opinions and then there is fact. When Aromaker checks in........READ and absorb! TLM

I admittedly know nothing about this shaft, but I don't think it is that far fetched for someone to believe that they would be more difficult to produce and therefore more expensive.

"When Aromaker checks in........READ and absorb!"....pretty much....

Iam very happy with the quality of tru shafts sitka spruce indeed.The spine and weight in there shafts are very very close and very straight besides.How ever,i dont understand why they are dragging there heels on manufacturing hex shafts either.

I still use them, keep them for only hunting and not for every day thumping. As for straightness what Bob said and haven't had a problem, would like to get my hands on some more 50-54# shafts and I would be a happy soul.

They aren't around right now because of no $$$. My guess is nope.

There is no way they are not more difficult to make than a traditional shaft , cutting and glueing them up before they are turned will add to expense.

My limited experience with hex shafts was very good. I had finished arrows that shot quite well. If I needed wood shafting or arrows these would definitely be considered.

Steve

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