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Title: what the heck is this
Post by: ken75 on January 23, 2011, 03:34:58 pm

alright i have a bunch of this stuff down here in southwest GA. not sure what it is but resembles cane and it varies from 6 foot up to 15 foot or so . diameters go from 1/4 up to about 1 1/4 inch. thanks for lookin

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: chigger on January 23, 2011, 03:55:22 pm

 
   We call it Horsetail here in Kentucky...

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: lowell on January 23, 2011, 03:58:01 pm

Looks like shattercane to me. ???

 Here in Ill., farmers hate it as it spreads easily and oftrn grows in corn fields....any uses????I have no idea!!

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: Pat B on January 23, 2011, 04:38:12 pm

Could be Arunda donax(giant reed grass). Probably not good or marginal at best for arrows. The giant reed grass might make atlatl darts. We used to see lots of it along RR tracks around small country towns of the South East.

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: mullet on January 23, 2011, 05:52:29 pm

 I've seen baskets made from it.

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: ken75 on January 23, 2011, 07:52:53 pm

well i went through it and cleaned it up wall thickness is good , on the 1 1/4 dia. wall thickness is up to 1/4inch .small stuff about the same as switch cane .i saved about 25 that are about right for arrows 6 foot lengths and a bunch of 3 foot large dia. hopefully it will make flutes.sure hope this stuff works its straighter than any cane and theres tons of it near my house.

anyone have any expirence with this stuff

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: stickbender on January 24, 2011, 12:14:34 am

     Looks like the stuff we used to call maiden cane down here.  Don't know the correct name for it. ;)  As I recall it had thin walls, but that was small stuff.  It grows just about everywhere.

                                                                                    Wayne

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: Pat B on January 24, 2011, 12:23:27 am

Jackcrafty(Patrick) may have used it. Check out the "How To" section.

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: Michael C. on February 01, 2011, 04:08:09 pm

I use the bigger ones of that stuff for flutes sometimes, if you get any about 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 round let me know I wouldn't mind trading for some of it.

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: aero86 on February 01, 2011, 06:25:52 pm

might make a good blow gun!  have one thats like 4 foot long that is fairly uniform in diameter? lol

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: Michael C. on February 01, 2011, 07:45:12 pm

Quote from: aero86 on February 01, 2011, 06:25:52 pm

might make a good blow gun!  have one thats like 4 foot long that is fairly uniform in diameter? lol

Yeah that's what the Cherokee's around here use them for.

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: ken75 on February 01, 2011, 10:09:30 pm

i ended up a dozen  3 foot pieces for flutes and some arrow stock . theres plenty more around my house just have to cut it

Title: Re: what the heck is this
Post by: JackCrafty on February 02, 2011, 12:52:31 am

Looks like "giant cane".  Very similar to phragmites.  Should work fine for arrows as long as it's not the giant reed grass PatB mentioned.