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Offline loefflerchuck

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elderberry
« on: April 17, 2009, 01:45:16 pm »
Has anyone had any luck using elderberry shafts for arrows? I cut various red berried  variety from the bay area and they are all way to brittle.
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Offline markinengland

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Re: elderberry
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 03:03:33 pm »
If people can make elderberry bows then it should be good enough for arrows. Over here in England there is a world of difference between the wood of the trunk and shoots though. The heartwood is the densist native timber, the pith the lightest!
Mark in England
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: elderberry
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 04:44:58 pm »
I have some drying, haven't tried making shafts yet. This is the eastern black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis/nigra.)
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