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Offline bjrogg

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Crape Myrtle?
« on: August 19, 2017, 08:38:03 pm »
My cousin in California has a Crape Myrtle bush and thinks it would maybe make good arrow shafts. I don't know anything about it. Any advice? Thanks
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2017, 10:51:51 pm »
Give it a try.  :OK
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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2017, 09:23:51 am »
Will do Pat, I'll try almost anything once. More if I like it.
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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2017, 11:34:18 am »
I see no reason why they shouldn't make good arrows as long as you can find some with the right physical characteristics.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2017, 08:01:26 pm »
I made three arras from it. Seemed to be decent material with good spine.
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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2017, 08:30:37 pm »
Thanks JonW, spine was my biggest concern. Any concerns for harvesting and curing?
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Offline JonW

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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2017, 07:36:16 am »
I would be inclined to say no. The ones I cut I just threw in the back of my truck and actually forgot about them. I didn't make arras untill a year or so later.
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Re: Crape Myrtle?
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2017, 08:38:54 am »
Sounds easy enough to me
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