Arrow Material?

[Aosda]

I found this stand of cane/grass today.  Was wondering if this would work for arrows.  Also, what is the method for drying green shoots, or do you cut the shoots that are already dry?

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[Pat B]

It looks like it should work. Do you have ant pics of the whole plant or the shoot with the leaves on it?
  To dry cane, I bundle it and place it in my utility room. After a month or 2 it is ready to go.

[Aosda]

The first pic is the leaves, kinda like a tall grass.  I'll try to get full pics tomorrow.  I also pick some of the dry shoots, and made two arrows out it.  they don't shoot too bad out of my 34# recurve.  I'll get pics of those together.

[Pat B]

Be careful with the already dry canes. They could be infected with fungi that will weaken the cane.

[Aosda]

Pat, yeah I had to toss a few shoots because it was too damp at the base and the was mold or fungus.

Well here are the two from the dry cane, I know they are very crude.  On these two shoots carbon nocks and points fit inside so I used that.  I use the skinny cane in the first pic inside of the shoots behind the point and nock to reinforce it.  I don't have access to sinew, so I used standard thread.  Also used thread in between the nodes for decoration.  Feathers are goose wing.

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[Pat B]

That looks like it ought to be good for arrows. You did a nice job on those two arrows. Looks don't matter, flight does!

[Aosda]

Thanks Pat, I've got quite a few (hundred) more to make before I turn out anything like the ones you guys do.  I really liked those tapered Ash ya did.