Blackberry arrow shafts?

[Fox]

Read or saw somewhere something about blackberry arrow shafts, any thoughts?

[Pat B]

There are quite a few herbaceous herbs that can be made into arrows like horse weed, golden rod, etc. Give it a try and report back with your findings.

[Fox]

Will do pat

[Deerhunter21]

golden rod!? thats everywhere here!! i gotta try it!!!

[Pat B]

Russell, wait until after it's flowered but before it dies.

[TimBo]

I wouldn't think blackberry would be strong/rigid enough.  If you feel like getting abused by your arrow source material, multiflora rose is much better! 

[M2A]

Doubt blackberry would hold up as well as other materials, large pith in that stuff. And I would think that you'd want to harvest them a bit larger than other shoot shaft materials. Some time ago I watched a a fella on you tube, think it was tribeofbenjamin talk about them. He talked highly of it and that surprised me. Maybe check into his information. A hardwood forshaft could really help I would think. If you do try I'd be interested in what you think.   
Mike     

[Digital Caveman]

golden rod!? thats everywhere here!! i gotta try it!!!

I made arrows out of the stuff as a kid, nice enough, but wouldn't put more than 10# behind a shaft of that stuff.