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The Shaft We now come to the shaft. The shaft is constructed from along list of woods which include Port Orford cedar, Norwaypine, Douglas fir and birch. Select red birch makes a fair arrow. Its good points arethat it is very tough and will not fracture under the roughestusage which makes it the favorite for commercial galleries andfor hunting and roving in rough terrain. Its drawbacks arethat it will not stay straight and that it is too heavy for toptarget work. Douglas fir, a West Coast tree, makes a fair target and hunt-ing arrow. Arrows made from this wood will stay reasonablystraight. It is inexpensive, usually of very straight grain andis easy to work. It is a little heavy for target work and the spineis affected by temperature variations. |
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