Gents;

Having a tough time finding tapered shafts in spines of 70-80#.  Many of the venders go up to 65# and stop.  Any help is appreciated.

Have you tried Surewood Shafts?

Forrester Wood Shafts have some heavy spine shafts and offer tapered I believe.

Thanks fellas

Yep...Forrester shafts

I've found it hard to get heavier spine Surewoods, I ask them reasonably often because I only use heavy spine shafts. Not their fault, just hard to find the necessary raw materiai I believe. Fantastic shafts when they are available, and the guys at Surewood are excellent to deal with.

A few months ago I purchased a couple of dozen Red Balau full rat tail tapered 90# shafts from Kevin Forrester. Absolutely brilliant shafts and another great guy to deal with.

Best
Lex

HI Mike!  I have some tapered Surewood Douglas Fir in 70+ spines.  Are you looking for anything in particular?

Either side of 75# a couple.  Looking for hardwoods, or what ever is out there.  Grown kinda fond of maple.

I'll get back to you early next week.

PM sent.

Things sure have changed since the beginning of Tradgang.....

I'm fond of maples as well....compressed maples.... Now it seems no one knows anything about the existence of these shafts previously.....

Luckily I still have a half dozen at least that weigh 780....and spined for 80-90# bows.

I've found a few, some arrows.  Picked up some footed arrows.  Got some Ash, Douglas Fir, and POC arrows.  Have some offers for Douglas Fir, arrows and shafts, so I should be good on heavy arrows for 3-D for a bit, and some hunting arrows, as well.  Have four bows that cab shoot the various spine weights that I have received.  Still preferring tapered Maple, so fellas please don't forget me.

Glad you found what you need. Surewoods are around most places in those spines. I have plenty of 75-80. Though I really need 80-85s. You got me thinking about trying maple.
Ash was my favorite. Years ago I got a doz 80-85 tapered ash from Allegheny Mt. when he was in Pennsylvania. Those were the best! 11/32 tapered nicely to 5/16. The grain weight was perfect and they looked really nice too. They were very tough but I beat them up and lost them assuming the supply was endless. Well it wasn't! Ash is hard to get a high spine in, and the company sold. I don't think they make ash shafts any more. Even if they did 80-85 11/32 are rare.
Now with the Emerald Ash Borer killing all the ash trees in the country you would think ash lumber is everywhere? I still have one of those arrows in the basement. It works out of any bow. If I really have to hit something, that is the arrow I'd use.
Tedd

Ash is a great heavy arrow.  Still kinda softwood but tough.  Yeah, and it is interesting trying to get heavier spine arrows.