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Offline mcginnis6010

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question about type of wood for arrows
« on: February 22, 2012, 02:32:32 am »
Is white pine or spruce make good arrows or Athens ERC? I have a bunch of ERC laying around.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: question about type of wood for arrows
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 02:35:57 am »
White pine, spruce and ERC all make good arrows if they have good grain and no knots or grain swirls.
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: question about type of wood for arrows
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 02:40:47 am »
Thanks pat. Once again your immense knowledge has saved me alot of trouble and time. Your advice and knowledge is greatly appreciated.
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Offline Baldmoose

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Re: question about type of wood for arrows
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2012, 06:53:21 pm »
Tamarak also works very well..... headed out this afternoon to cut up the log into 3/8 squares
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Re: question about type of wood for arrows
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2012, 10:39:59 pm »
Jawge makes barreled shafts of white pine. I've made lots of shafts of northern white spruce. I only tried red cedar for one shaft. It came out beautiful but very weak. Have also made lots of Douglas fir shafts and a few of yellow pine. Those two are strong but heavier.

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