Rose shoots for arrow shafts?

[Pat B]

Collect the rose hips in late summer or early fall. Very high in Vit C.  It will make a nice tea.   Pat

[D. Tiller]

Thanks Pat! I will do just that. Maybe along with something else in it though. Rose hip tea can be a bit bitter if I remember right!

[Pat B]

   Yep, it can.  Add to your Mate'.      Pat

[Hillbilly]

Just don't put the petals in your soap. 

[D. Tiller]

Hey, ya remember the Mate! Good memmory Pat! 

[George Tsoukalas]

Wild rose is good arrow material. I do use it. Jawge

[D. Tiller]

George, should I let it dry out completly and use heat to bend it or start bending it to shape as it heat dries. Seems its a bit fragile at the moment for bending.

[recurve shooter]

sourwood better. (mostly cuz its all i can make. )

[George Tsoukalas]

D,. I bundle up a 1/2 dozen or so shafts and try to hand straighten them weekly.  When they are  dry I scrape of the bark and use my torch to heat them so I can straighten them as needed. Basically, that's what I do with all wild shafts. Jawge
http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/shoots.html

[david w.]

i like using wild rose but since i started using spicebush i wont be using rose shoots for a while.  spicebush shoots are harder to find but they are worth it

[D. Tiller]

Don't think there are any arround here. Whats it look like?

[Allen7]

I've been using the wild rose stems for arrow shafts for many years.    They are my personal favorite.   They are readily available and make tough shafts with a fairly stiff spine.   I dry them with bark on to eliminate or minimize checking.   I get mine in the thickets growing near our rivers in Eastern Washington.

Allen  - Happy Knapper

[D. Tiller]

Yeah! I like them too. Do you straighten them as they dry or do that with dry heat after the bark is stripped and they have dried out completly?

I noticed that they seem really fibery when they are wet but as they dry they really become quite dense and when cut almost look like plastic. How about your shoots?  Weird stuff!

[napper]

Hi Dave I use rose shoots a lot I try to straiten them as they dry them use heat to get the last bits out. How have ya been?                    Tom

[david w.]

Hi Dave I use rose shoots a lot I try to straiten them as they dry them use heat to get the last bits out. How have ya been?                    Tom

same way i do it. sometimes they are straight enoguh by the time they dry i dont even have to use heat