Mark in England
New member
Yew Selfbow,
Yes I am supplying bamboo arrow shafts. I've been selling them on Ebay for a few years now. To be honest I've sold more outside the UK than I have here which seems a shame. It has started slowly but interest is picking up now as more people try them, more people witness how good and durable they are. Look up bamboo arrow shaft on ebay and you'll find me at Mahill Archery. Most of my shafts are 33 inches long. I have some left in Chinese Arrow Bamboo, but most of my stock is Tonkin. I can supply most spine rating. I'm also selling Tonkin in weight matched sets, some as close as 3 grains difference between 12 shafts! I have just imported some 1 metre (39 inch) tonkin shafts that are 9 to 10mm diameter and will spine out to 80-85# to 115-120#. I'm spine rating and checking these now. They do look very nice, I'm having to reject fewer shafts these days.
Berny,
If you intend to put taper fit points/nocks on I don't think it much matters where the node is. I would just drill the end of the bamboo to accept the plug, glue the wooden plug in and then cut the taper.
If you intend to cut a self nock this can be done anywhere if you bind just behind the nock. The binding will prevent any splitting. A self nock just behind a node is stronger and in this case you can get away without binding if you prefer.
Regards,
Mark
Yes I am supplying bamboo arrow shafts. I've been selling them on Ebay for a few years now. To be honest I've sold more outside the UK than I have here which seems a shame. It has started slowly but interest is picking up now as more people try them, more people witness how good and durable they are. Look up bamboo arrow shaft on ebay and you'll find me at Mahill Archery. Most of my shafts are 33 inches long. I have some left in Chinese Arrow Bamboo, but most of my stock is Tonkin. I can supply most spine rating. I'm also selling Tonkin in weight matched sets, some as close as 3 grains difference between 12 shafts! I have just imported some 1 metre (39 inch) tonkin shafts that are 9 to 10mm diameter and will spine out to 80-85# to 115-120#. I'm spine rating and checking these now. They do look very nice, I'm having to reject fewer shafts these days.
Berny,
If you intend to put taper fit points/nocks on I don't think it much matters where the node is. I would just drill the end of the bamboo to accept the plug, glue the wooden plug in and then cut the taper.
If you intend to cut a self nock this can be done anywhere if you bind just behind the nock. The binding will prevent any splitting. A self nock just behind a node is stronger and in this case you can get away without binding if you prefer.
Regards,
Mark