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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: RAU on June 12, 2008, 11:30:12 am

Title: Elderberry??
Post by: RAU on June 12, 2008, 11:30:12 am: Hello. Anyone try elderberry shoots as arrows?Any help would be appreciated.

Don
Title: Re: Elderberry??
Post by: Pat B on June 12, 2008, 01:14:09 pm: Don, I have cut elderberry for shafts but never made an arrow with it. Elderberry has a pretty large pith in the center but that shouldn't matter too much. Pat
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Post by: Hillbilly on June 12, 2008, 04:57:15 pm: I have a few drying that I cut awhile back, haven't worked them up yet.
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Post by: mullet on June 12, 2008, 10:58:03 pm: I read they make nice little blowguns. And the berries, don't forget the wine. ;)
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Post by: grantmac on June 13, 2008, 02:20:10 am: anyone else feel an obscure Monty Python quote would be oddly appropriate ;D
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Post by: El Destructo on June 13, 2008, 06:57:51 am: Quote from: grantmac on June 13, 2008, 02:20:10 am
anyone else feel an obscure Monty Python quote would be oddly appropriate ;D

Whats Up with the B.C's Fascination with Monty Python???????? David W....and now you....... ;D ;D
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Post by: grantmac on June 13, 2008, 05:37:32 pm: It isn't called BRITISH Columbia for nothing ;D
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Post by: david w. on June 13, 2008, 06:54:07 pm: Quote from: El Destructo on June 13, 2008, 06:57:51 am
Quote from: grantmac on June 13, 2008, 02:20:10 am
anyone else feel an obscure Monty Python quote would be oddly appropriate ;D

Whats Up with the B.C's Fascination with Monty Python???????? David W....and now you....... ;D ;D

i didnt know i was fascinated with Monty Python ;D ;D
Title: Re: Elderberry??
Post by: El Destructo on June 13, 2008, 06:59:18 pm: My Bad David....I meant to put Radius....don't know what happened.....you ain't from B.C.....youre from Illinois..boy was I off!!! ::)

I never really got into Monty Python......dont know why...but I didnt......maybe I am the Weirdo....eh!!!
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Post by: radius on June 15, 2008, 04:55:19 pm: Mike Roberts:

Your mother was a hampster! And your father smelled like elderberries!
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Post by: El Destructo on June 15, 2008, 05:19:13 pm: Quote from: radius on June 15, 2008, 04:55:19 pm
Mike Roberts:

Your mother was a hampster! And your father smelled like elderberries!

And where did you come up with that Line Of Wit?????
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Post by: radius on June 15, 2008, 05:27:26 pm: from Monty Python and the HOly Grail, of course!
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Post by: recurve shooter on June 15, 2008, 10:53:33 pm: wow. anyone feel like a lary the cable guy or jeff foxworthy line would propperly combat that phrase?
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Post by: radius on June 15, 2008, 11:33:19 pm: i don't understand what you mean...did i get it wrong?
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Post by: El Destructo on June 16, 2008, 01:42:12 am: I can relate to Larry the Cable Guy....or Donny Baker more than Monty Python!!!!
Title: Re: Elderberry??
Post by: laine on June 16, 2008, 04:13:09 am: I have used elderyberry with success, it is in fact much stouter than it appears. I am working on one right now 29" raw shaft wheight 25 grams (385.75 grains ish) spines 70#, 1 cm (.393 in) at the fat end .9cm (.354 in) at the skinny end. i expect it will get a little stiffer and lighter as it seasons. I dried this one in a cool dark place with the bark off with no checking (though my last elderberry shaft did check a little on the ends). some cons might be it's lightnss for hunting and it's thin walls make it hard to size down.
laine
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Post by: GregB on June 17, 2008, 08:46:36 am: It also makes a decent wine, good jelly, and the berries would have to be good for a dye I would think...glass carbouys are badly stained after making elderberry wine and its difficult to get them clean again. ;)
Title: Re: Elderberry??
Post by: Pamunkey on June 17, 2008, 02:47:19 pm: I've made a few elderberry arrows. Cut them larger than you think you'll need because they lose quite a bit of diameter when the bark is removed and during drying. Also, be sure to select straight shoots to begin with, because they break easily if you're not careful straightening them. On the ones I've made, I added both foreshafts and hardwood nock inserts (really helps with their durability).

Will