[jdearmon]

Does anyone know where the best place to get cedar shafts is? I know I can get them from 3 Rivers or FS Discount Archery but at those prices, I am paying about the same cost as purchasing the finished shafts and finishing myself. I don't mind having to buy all the equipment, but that is a rather large expense if I am not saving any money doing them myself.

Any suggestions????


Thanks for any help.

Jim

 

[retro-grouch]

What spine are you looking for?

 

[jdearmon]

Sorry

I am looking for 50/55 Primarily, but I would also have need of 40/45, 45/50 as well.

 

[longbowhunter]

Rogue River Archery - where the arrowmakers go!

 

[Sanvean]

Have you ever though about changing the material? Cedar ain`t bad, but at the moment I don`t think that the prices match the quality. At the moment I`m shooting northern pine which I think is great, ash is also good (especially for heavy hunting arrows). Hexshafts would be another option.
If it has to be cedar, go to rogue river.

 

[longbowguy]

Well, it makes pretty good sense to assemble your own. You need the components and a fletching jig just to repair normal wear and tear. From there to assembly is not a very big step. With carbon and aluminum shafts you just need to find the right spine for your shafts as weight is consistent. With wooden shafts there is also a great variance in weight. At short range this matters little. At long range it matters a lot. You can either use a shaft supplier that hand sorts by weight, usually a sound decision, or you can sort them yourselves with a scale or just by shooting them. Keep the arrows that group together with their brothers. Use the oddballs, those heavy or light, for short range, or for flu flus. The ones that won't group with their brothers even at short range make good kindling.

 

[Jack NZ]

Rose City archery inc.
ph 541-572-6408
Mytle beach.

All the Cedar shafts I use come from these people.
You can buy their premium selected shafts wheighed an matched to spine.
Do a GOOGLE on them,they do have a web site.
Good luck.

 

[Jakes Cronje]

Jack,

I read somewhere that a good bit of POC has been planted in NZ- probably on South Island, given the weather- any of that show up? Though it might be called Lawson's Cypress over there.

Jakes

 

[Jack NZ]

Jack,

I read somewhere that a good bit of POC has been planted in NZ- probably on South Island, given the weather- any of that show up? Though it might be called Lawson's Cypress over there.

Jakes

We do have plantation Cedar that's used extensivly in the building industry.
I don't know if the quality would be up to arrow shaft standards but I'll ask around an see.
What I have seen was pretty soft.
Most of the plantation timbers here grow to fast to be very dense.
I use pine shafts as well as cedar but even that is imported from Oregon USA,
even though we have the same spieces here.
I've heard of Lawsons Cypress but don't know if I've seen it,,,everything gets renamed over here for some reason.
The Oregon pine is called "Radiata" here.
Probably to do with marketing huh
Cheers.

 

[tpoof]

Why not make your own shafts????
Its been done well before manufactures were here!
There is plenty of info out there for the do it yourselfer
It adds another dimension to our sport

I personaly use fir, pine, birch, spruce, ash, hickory, hazelnut, and dogwood.
Its fun trying different woods,,they all have different characteristics and it just pulls you deeper into this traditional scene!
Try it ,,you'll like it!
:wink:

 

[speedcam]

we sell them

we range from $18 1/2 dozen (bare) all the way up to $152.00 fully set up for a full dozen..


50/55--- approx. $18 Bare 1/2 dz. to fully set up at $60.00 dz.

lowest we go at this time for arrow size.

speed