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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: crooketarrow on August 12, 2011, 11:04:24 am

Title: Hazzle Arrows
Post by: crooketarrow on August 12, 2011, 11:04:24 am

  I could'nt wait so I sinewed on some old trade points. I'm sure you know what I'm saying when I say the just leap off the bow like little darts.  Hazzle's a really solf wood so I dyed green then sealed the elmers wood harder for rotten wood. If anyone needs to stiffen up there shafts try this. I did'ny spine test one then redo after it was aplyed wish I would have.
   It's also a wood sealed looks like my new sealer. I going to seal a ELM BOW with it also just to see how it go's. I seal all my own bows with bee's wax but when I build a bow for someone lots of people don't like the maintance you have to do to it each year to the bow. So I think I've found a new sealer.
  Hazzle's the straightest shoots I've ever seen you could shoot some of them as they are.

Title: Re: Hazzle Arrows
Post by: uwe on August 12, 2011, 03:47:37 pm

I used hazel years ago as arrowshafts and I can part your experiences. There is one plainsarrow about 10 years old and its still as straight on his first day.
Regards Uwe

Title: Re: Hazzle Arrows
Post by: snag on August 19, 2011, 09:20:10 pm

I'm heading to the hazelnut (or filbert as we here in Oregon call them) orchard to cut some limbs. Thanks

Title: Re: Hazzle Arrows
Post by: Lee Slikkers on August 21, 2011, 08:21:33 pm

Hey Crookedarrow, do you think that Elmer's Wood Hardener would work on Phrag shafts & River Cane shafts?