Japanese arrow bamboo for trade, need rawhide

[Accipiter]

I've been looking around recently and discovered a few nice patches of Japanese arrow bamboo growing wild in the woods around my house. If anyone is looking for raw arrow shafts I have access to more than I can use, and would love to trade for some deer or goat rawhide. I can get any length of bamboo and up to a few dozen shafts, but it will be green and I can't guarantee spine. Most of the stuff I've made into arrows so far has been pretty stiff though, between 40 and 70 lbs for a 30" shaft. I'm looking for either a handle-scarf sized piece of rawhide (6"x10" or 8"x12") or a backing strip (1.5-2"x 54" ideally), or both. If you have a nice silk or linen backing strip I'd be interested as well.



Here's a picture of the nodes on some pieces I have drying.

[JW_Halverson]

I have some antelope rawhide, very thin!  Interested in a couple longer shafts, atlatl material if possible.

PM sent

[Fred Arnold]

I have some deer rawhide and am also interested.

[Accipiter]

Fred, think I am pretty well set on rawhide for now, any other odds and ends you might have? How many shafts are you looking for?

[Fred Arnold]

I'm looking for a good bunch. As many as 4 dz.  I generally purchase my Japanese  bamboo from Jaap Kopedrayer (Nacht Wacht) from Yumi Bows.

[Accipiter]

Alright, well let me do some cutting in the next day or two and I will have a better estimate of what I have to trade. 4 dozen might be a bit more than I can scrape up, at least for the good quality stuff but I'll see what I can do. Any chance you'd trade the shafts for a few nocked/fletched arrows (points not necessary)?

[Accipiter]

Alright, I think this trade is closed for now, unless I have sent you a PM. Fred, I don't think I have that many shafts to spare at the moment, but I will PM you if/when I do.