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Offline CherokeeKC

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Your take on POC shafts?
« on: January 10, 2014, 01:18:28 pm »
Im interested to hear different peoples take on POC shafts.  How well they stay straight?  How many of you are using them?  How durable are they in stump shooting or hunting situations?
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2014, 01:42:14 pm »
Didn't we just do this?http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,43689.0.html
« Last Edit: January 10, 2014, 01:45:48 pm by mullet »
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2014, 05:02:02 pm »
Never used them for my own arrows.  I've shot a few when I first started making arrows and was not impressed.  They break easy.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2014, 06:08:15 pm »
Quote from: jackcrafty on January 10, 2014, 05:02:02 pm
Never used them for my own arrows.  I've shot a few when I first started making arrows and was not impressed.  They break easy.

But they smell great when broken . . . . . .

Excluding boo or cane, I am partial to poplar or pine, depending on whether I need a heavier or lighter spine.

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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2014, 06:51:24 pm »
I thought the same thing Mullet.

I use them cuz I have a bunch I inherited.
Here's my take: Easy to come by, brittle/break by the point easy, and kinda light for heavier poundage bows. Shoot good though and quick as any dowel material to make an arrow and they smell good.

Check out the link Mullet posted.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2014, 06:58:02 pm »
Yep, they do smell great.  Smells good when burning too.    >:D
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2014, 11:07:09 pm »
  Cherokee,
                  They stay straight and are very easy to straighten...I find them brittle for stump shooting, but work well for a medium weight hunting shaft or target. Not the most durable choice. Probably the most widely used dowel material. I prefer Douglas Fir...
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2014, 11:43:43 pm »
They are by far and away the most popular shaft from commercial arrow makers. 

That being said, popularity polls will have you believe that a MacSomebody's MacSoggyburger is far and away better than a 22 oz bone-in ribeye. 
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2014, 08:12:11 am »
     
      Question of the Day here...

      What are "POC" shafts?
      I'm still a relative newbie, so go
      ahead and spell it out...thanks.

      Japbow.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2014, 12:15:22 pm »
Quote from: Japbow on January 11, 2014, 08:12:11 am
     
      Question of the Day here...

      What are "POC" shafts?
      I'm still a relative newbie, so go
      ahead and spell it out...thanks.

      Japbow.

Port Orford Cedar dowel shafting. Cut out in the NorthWest.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2014, 12:47:07 pm »
Interesting fact about POC...it only grows two places in the world, the Pacific Northwest(specifically Oregon) and Japan and it is indigenous to both.
  I have made(assembled) and shot many POC arrows early on in my archery career and still have some around, made for my older bows. They are relatively uniform and straight and easy to work with but they are brittle. IMO they would be a good shafting for the beginner to start with then they can decide if another shafting would be better for their uses.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2014, 02:16:36 pm »
I would love to get my greedy hands on a couple of 20 ft planks of 1x8 or 1x10 Port Orford Cedar.  That is the stuff of dreams when you start thinking about building cedar strip canoes. 

Of course, you know one of the last steps I will do when building a cedar strip canoe from cedar will be to inlet a broadhead in the bow of the canoe and three turkey feathers at the stern.   ;D
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2014, 05:50:27 pm »
Thanks guys!  I checked out the link Mullet posted.  Those are really nice looking arrows.  However, I didnt see where that thread answered any of the questions as to how they stay straight or how durable they are.  Anyway thanks again for the replies.
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Offline _Jon_

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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2014, 12:09:52 am »
I like em.  My favorite shafting material.
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Re: Your take on POC shafts?
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2014, 12:58:32 am »
cedar are good shafts...I just personally dont like them except for the tradition and the smell.  I found them too easy to break and just did not care for them overall when I make a dozen arrows for a season and use 6 with broadheads and 6 with fieldpoints and they snap off behind the point before the season opens just from shooting into targets or hitting slightly off center.

I switched to douglas fir after also trying maple, ash, chundoo, sitka spruce.....I also like sitka spruce very well but douglas fir is my favorite of them all....slightly more durable...still fairly light....fairly straight....and I just like them.

Nothing against cedar...I just think there are better hunting shafts out their with a good compromise on both durability and straightness to meet the needs of 90% of the bowhunters.
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