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I will plan for it. This year wife has a short leash on me with the 3month baby. I was supposed to go to Denton tomorrow but she suggests it might be better to stay at home.[:o]

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dont worry you'll get used to that Short Leash[&:]

whats the deal with "Compressed" shafting.....do they do this with all shafting????
or is it an extra step that some makers take...

compressed from what i understand is that they take the dowel or shaft,im not sure when they do it during the process........ but they compress the wood with a heavy die

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But that ring in the nose will always be an irritant. And it never goes away. [8D]

Hardly any shafting is compressed, Alpha. I don't know who's making them now, but Bill Sweetland started making compressed shafts a long time ago, named Forgewood arrows. Don't know when he started making them but they've been around at least as long as I have. But you're right. They run them through a die, basically squashing 23/64th cedar shafts into 5/16ths shafts. It makes them a lot tougher and they're less susceptable to changes in humidity.

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Steve, Without looking at the other threads I'll give you my opinion...

I actually never shot carbon or aluminum with my recurves when i shot them...only because those were the cards I was handed by my uncles..I sort of listened to them...I guess whatever flies the best and works best for you...Obviously you're deadly...I think you use aluminum?

If you can find a good cedar that flies right for you...I'd give it a go....I think the WheelLESS bows and cedar make a nice match.....and cedar looks good with a little blood on it...especially when mamma is taking a pic of you, a deer..and your little baby..... :)

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in certain 3D competions,,traditional wood is thrown in with carbon,,no separate class,,,wood vs carbon it does make a difference.. wood should have its own class,,for every shooy
jpw

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The tournament I shot last Sat. was a "mixed" shoot, with everyone who shot a bow without wheels put in the "traditional" class--longbows, recurves, selfbows, flatbows; wood, aluminum, carbon, arrows. I was shooting wood, shot half the course in the rain, and came within a few points of setting a new course record in the traditional class. Good wood arrows will shoot as good, if not better, than any. Wood shafts seem to be more forgiving--I've talked with several folks, some of who could out-shoot me any day of the week, who feel the same way.

I prefer POC, but spruce and fir also make good shafts IMO.

The big problem with wood is the quality can vary a LOT--I've seen shafts that wouldn't make good tomato stakes for sale, and even made into arrows.

Chad

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I dont know what wood(poc) shafts cost now, but back in the day, we could get 100 shafts for 10 dollars. Seconds were 5 dollars. Those days are gone ,sadly. Tox