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Offline wizardgoat

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black bamboo?
« on: July 24, 2014, 01:53:26 am »
theres a large black bamboo grove on my parents property, does any bamboo make a good arrow?
can someone point me in the right direction for finding a list or something of good bamboo species?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: black bamboo?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2014, 09:24:05 am »
If it is size appropriate it should make good arrows.
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Offline warpath

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Re: black bamboo?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2014, 07:43:59 pm »
Black bamboo makes great atlatl darts!!!! :)

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Offline abrig005

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Re: black bamboo?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2014, 01:13:02 pm »
I cut some down recently. I noticed that the shafts are tapered and couldn't find any that were close to uniform thickness. There isn't much meat to sand wither although its some strong stuff. May try to get another batch and be more selective.
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Offline mullet

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« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 06:17:56 pm »
Rich Saffold has backed some Ipe bows with it with good results.
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