Thanks all for the very kind words.
Much appreciated all!!
so sorry it took a while!
we will be putting more shafts up for grabs soon- just need to figure out a way so that there is not that interminable delay- I feel a bit embarrassed about it!
a bit hard to do, when everybody needs different shaft specs!
DC, you are correct. hemlock holds a lot of water when live, I have spoken to fallers who have said when they have cut into some of the big ol' trees- the fluids just start to flow out of the tree like water!!
When dried it is somewhere between Douglas fir and Sitka Spruce!
I must say I really like the spruce shafts, being lighter, one can up the point weight to attain your perfect hunting weight arrow, whilst simultaneously attaining a high FOC.
With some of the heavier types of shafts, after adding a heavy point, to improve the FOC, one can land up with quite a heavy arrow.
BEADMAN, the shafts you bought were from Steve Tanner of Alaska Frontier Archery.
Steve managed to acquire all the old "Sweetland Battle shaft" machinery, and the name!!!
He shipped it to Alaska, and spent years refurbishing all the machinery, and studying the process, whilst testing different wood species.
He found Both Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock produced excellent "Forgewood" shafts, it was not limited only to POC!
He finally opted to go for Hemlock, and was producing 5/16 shafts in #80- #90 spine shafts.
He produced the shafts, very successfully, for many years, but i believe he is finally retiring and has recently sold the business!
