Ash arrow shafts

[longbowray]

Looking for ash arrow shafts  ?  

[Zradix]

3 rivers has them.
I got some from Alleghany Mountain Arrow Woods years ago....I think they were bought out by Kootenai River Archery..but I may be mistaken.

[Zradix]

I'm sure there are some shafts that are better than others...but the ash I had was horrible...wouldn't stay straight and was darn hard to get straight to begin with. Learned you needed heat to get em to stay...still was hit and miss for me though.  Tough shafts though...and HEAVY.

[elkhunter45]

Originally posted by Zradix:
I'm sure there are some shafts that are better than others...but the ash I had was horrible...wouldn't stay straight and was darn hard to get straight to begin with. Learned you needed heat to get em to stay...still was hit and miss for me though.  Tough shafts though...and HEAVY.

My experience exactly. I tried a couple dozen 20 years ago. They were heavy and tough, but that is the only positives for me.

[Pat B]

I also had troubles keeping ash arrows straight. I liked their weight and basically everything about them but they wouldn't stay straight.

[Green]

Ash makes a heck of an arrow.  Jonathan at Kootenai is where I get mine.  Haven't bought any in two years though as I've only broken one in that time.

You need to plan on spending several days getting them straight at the outset.  I typically work them twice a day for 3-5 days until they've settled into being straight.  I don't use heat....just time and effort as in the video below.  I generally have to touch up their straightness a couple of times/year.  If you look on my channel, there's a video for correcting fletched shafts too.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=LF19jShVbsw

[Zradix]

Green...
I'd love to see your video.
When I click on it it says "no videos were found"
Thanks
 

[mwosborn]

This looks like it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF19jShVbsw

[Green]

Sorry Zradix....guess it's because I copied it from within my video manager?  Anyway, the link mwosborn provided works.

[Tedd]

I like them too. They don't often come in my spine. 80-85-90 for the bows I shoot now.
Used them once a self bow I made and made they were tough. I really like the way they look too. Damn the emerald ash borer!
Tedd