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bamboo heads on 4-footed shafts

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Dustybaer:
since i didn't want to hijack belabear's thread, here are some pics of the progress:

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Larebow:
nice heads! how sharp can one get bamboo?

Dustybaer:
not sure, but definitely not as sharp as stone or glass.  what i'd like to do with the next set is temper the heads before i mount them and see what difference it makes.

Pat B:
Anyone that works with bamboo backed bows knows that bamboo can get razor sharp.
   Marius, Those are nice heads and arrows.  The head would be good for small game and possibly deer sized game. Primitive folks, in the past and today use bamboo(or cane) heads sucessfully.   Pat

Coo-wah-chobee:
  Marius-Bamboo can get razor sharp as Pat said. I've made knifes from it like some primitive folk' did and heads too. Taken small game and a deer with them. I heat tempered them first and then sharpened them with a file and finally rubbed the edge lightly with broken glass-if you dont think they get sharp, hope you never get cut with one-to the bone bro' !...nice arras.........bob

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