bamboo for arrow
my Pseudosasa japonica didn't make it through this winter. A few shoots are peeking out of the ground in one place, but the rest is dead as a doornail. So before I replant, I'd like to know if other types of bamboo have been used for arrows. What about.
Arundinaria fastuosa /Semiarundinaria fastuosa?
Semiarundinaria Yashadake?
Any others?
they must be as frost resistant as ps. Jap. or better to make it here...
The Sasa coreana is not available in Germany. Has anybody got seeds (wher is a "bambi eyes" emoticon when you really need it)?
I am finishing my first set of DIY-market-tomato-stakes arrows at the moment. They're reasonably straight now and I'm trying to learn how to make selfnocks etc.
Arundinaria fastuosa /Semiarundinaria fastuosa?
Semiarundinaria Yashadake?
Any others?
they must be as frost resistant as ps. Jap. or better to make it here...
The Sasa coreana is not available in Germany. Has anybody got seeds (wher is a "bambi eyes" emoticon when you really need it)?
I am finishing my first set of DIY-market-tomato-stakes arrows at the moment. They're reasonably straight now and I'm trying to learn how to make selfnocks etc.
Here in Argentina there is a type of Bamboo which according to the specialists is very similar to the Sasa Japonica. It is called Pleiblastus Simonii. The bulgar name for it here is "cana japonesa". In Buenos Aires it is very easy to find and apparently grows very easily. I made some arrows with it and they came out good. Perhaps you can find it in Germany.
Good luck
Carlos Font
Good luck
Carlos Font
How thick and long were your arrows? Sources I read say that Pleioblastus simonii, though very similar to Ps. Jap., and even more frost resistant, is much smaller...
Unfortunately, bamboo seeds are generally very rare. Even when they are obtainable, the viability is often low.
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I think the diameter was around 10mm and the length 32". When I get back home I will check these values.
Regarding the plant itself I think it is big enough to make arrows. The canes I used I got them from a fence in Golf club that is located in one of the parks we have in Buenos Aires. For what I know these are pretty old plants and I would say in some places the canes where more that 2.5 meters tall.
The problem I found when I started making these arrows is that although it is not difficult to find canes of the appropiate diameter the difficulty is in matching the weight and the distance between knots. For what I learnt from Thomas Video, serious arrowsmiths classify the canes by how many years they grew before cutting but, as you can imagine, that is too difficult if you get the canes from a park. If you grow them, that is a different story. I would say Pleioblastus simonii is a good cane for making arrows.
Regards
Regarding the plant itself I think it is big enough to make arrows. The canes I used I got them from a fence in Golf club that is located in one of the parks we have in Buenos Aires. For what I know these are pretty old plants and I would say in some places the canes where more that 2.5 meters tall.
The problem I found when I started making these arrows is that although it is not difficult to find canes of the appropiate diameter the difficulty is in matching the weight and the distance between knots. For what I learnt from Thomas Video, serious arrowsmiths classify the canes by how many years they grew before cutting but, as you can imagine, that is too difficult if you get the canes from a park. If you grow them, that is a different story. I would say Pleioblastus simonii is a good cane for making arrows.
Regards
wait a few moment, here in belgium mine is fully recovering!
but even if the aerial plant is death, it regrow from roots, it is said to survive -25 deg C!
there is no substitute for pseudosasa, even sasa coreana need many more straitening!
you can use the dead shoot to make arrow!
but even if the aerial plant is death, it regrow from roots, it is said to survive -25 deg C!
there is no substitute for pseudosasa, even sasa coreana need many more straitening!
you can use the dead shoot to make arrow!
it will take some time until this plant is big enough again, but I'll give it a second chance - and I'll be more careful in the future.
There are some very thin, tiny shoots (2" tall or so), pitiful, really! Let's see how they develop. If there is no better variety available, I'll just have to wait and see!
Hope your plants in Belgium recover fully!
There are some very thin, tiny shoots (2" tall or so), pitiful, really! Let's see how they develop. If there is no better variety available, I'll just have to wait and see!
Hope your plants in Belgium recover fully!
my plant was totally kill some year ago! the next season the shoot grow +/- 1 m high but too thin for making arrow, then after next season some shoot were 2,5 m high just like before and big enough for yumi arrows for rhino hunting!
let? s give? m 2 years!
let? s give? m 2 years!