« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: what the heck is this  (Read 4329 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline ken75

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,886
  • crepe myrtle is my "yella wood"
what the heck is this
« on: January 23, 2011, 03:34:58 pm »
alright i have a bunch of this stuff down here in southwest GA. not sure what it is but resembles cane and it varies from 6 foot up to 15 foot or so . diameters go from 1/4 up to about 1 1/4 inch. thanks for lookin
Logged

Offline chigger

  • Member
  • Posts: 64
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 03:55:22 pm »
 
   We call it Horsetail here in Kentucky...
Logged

Offline lowell

  • Member
  • Posts: 939
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 03:58:01 pm »
Looks like shattercane to me. ???

 Here in Ill., farmers hate it as it spreads easily and oftrn grows in corn fields....any uses????I have no idea!!
Logged
My son says I shoot a stick with a stick!!

Offline Pat B

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 37,633
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 04:38:12 pm »
Could be Arunda donax(giant reed grass). Probably not good or marginal at best for arrows. The giant reed grass might make atlatl darts. We used to see lots of it along RR tracks around small country towns of the South East.
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline mullet

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 22,911
  • Eddie Parker
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 05:52:29 pm »
 I've seen baskets made from it.
Logged
Lakeland, Florida
 If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?

Offline ken75

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,886
  • crepe myrtle is my "yella wood"
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 07:52:53 pm »
well i went through it and cleaned it up wall thickness is good , on the 1 1/4 dia. wall thickness is up to 1/4inch .small stuff about the same as switch cane .i saved about 25 that are about right for arrows 6 foot lengths and a bunch of 3 foot large dia. hopefully it will make flutes.sure hope this stuff works its straighter than any cane and theres tons of it near my house.

anyone have any expirence with this stuff
Logged

Offline stickbender

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,828
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 12:14:34 am »

     Looks like the stuff we used to call maiden cane down here.  Don't know the correct name for it. ;)  As I recall it had thin walls, but that was small stuff.  It grows just about everywhere.

                                                                                    Wayne
Logged

Offline Pat B

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 37,633
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 12:23:27 am »
Jackcrafty(Patrick) may have used it. Check out the "How To" section.
Logged
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!    Pat Brennan  Brevard, NC

Offline Michael C.

  • Member
  • Posts: 576
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2011, 04:08:09 pm »
I use the bigger ones of that stuff for flutes sometimes, if you get any about 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 round let me know I wouldn't mind trading for some of it.
Logged
"Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."

Cicero

Offline aero86

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,263
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 06:25:52 pm »
might make a good blow gun!  have one thats like 4 foot long that is fairly uniform in diameter? lol
Logged
profsaffel  "clogs like the devil" I always figured Lucifer to be more of a disco kind of guy.

Offline Michael C.

  • Member
  • Posts: 576
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 07:45:12 pm »
Quote from: aero86 on February 01, 2011, 06:25:52 pm
might make a good blow gun!  have one thats like 4 foot long that is fairly uniform in diameter? lol

Yeah that's what the Cherokee's around here use them for.
Logged
"Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."

Cicero

Offline ken75

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,886
  • crepe myrtle is my "yella wood"
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2011, 10:09:30 pm »
i ended up a dozen  3 foot pieces for flutes and some arrow stock . theres plenty more around my house just have to cut it
Logged

Offline JackCrafty

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 5,628
  • Sorry Officer, I was just gathering "materials".
Re: what the heck is this
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2011, 12:52:31 am »
Looks like "giant cane".  Very similar to phragmites.  Should work fine for arrows as long as it's not the giant reed grass PatB mentioned.
Logged
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

Patrick Blank
Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr
Pages: [1]
« previous next »