chinese bamboo shafts

lukostrelec · Post by **lukostrelec** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:44 pm

Hi all,

could you please provide me with a contact for buying perfect quality bamboo shafts? Preferably spined to 75-80#, for a good price, of course

Before several months I have bought very fine bamboo shafts from ATARN member stiventiger. However he is no longer offering them on eBay, and I can find there just other bamboo shafts, however they come for much higher price....

So please, if you can share some manufacturer's of bamboo shafts, let me know about them.

Sincerely,
Dusan

WarBow · Post by **WarBow** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:51 am

There is another bamboo shaft supplier from Mainland China. Does anyone know the reputation of this supplier? http://stores.ebay.com/bamboo-crafts/ba ... 34.c0.m322

Ashbow · Post by **Ashbow** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:29 pm

There hasn't been any problem with dealing with the above seller, however my opinion is you get what you pay for, the shafts are cheap, but to me the quality is not very satisfying, the shafts are usally not very staright, with the internodes quite crooked, one batch looked like if the shafts had not been straightened at all. Some shafts have blemishes that appear to have been filled with some kind of glue or lacquer. I made some arrows with those shafts for friends, and it was quite annoying, because one needs to do a lot of further selecting and discarding to get some reasonable results.