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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: stringstretcher on December 25, 2013, 08:10:48 am

Title: Mulbery
Post by: stringstretcher on December 25, 2013, 08:10:48 am

Has anyone tried using mulberry as an arrow material?

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: artcher1 on December 25, 2013, 08:40:00 am

I've not had any luck with the wood Charles. That and flowering dogwood. But both make very good footing/foreshafts.........Art

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: stringstretcher on December 25, 2013, 10:30:02 am

Thanks Art.  How would you rate the osage arrow that you made?

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: artcher1 on December 25, 2013, 11:54:36 am

Osage is just a different animal, be it for a bow or arrow Charles. I've made a couple Osage shafts that couldn't be straightened, period. You could heat the shafts, getting them super hot, and almost bend them double, and they would go back to their original crooked position. Physical weight is heavy, spine medium to light. Probably the more yellow/lighter color, low density Osage would be more suitable for arrows..........Art

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: caveman2533 on December 28, 2013, 11:41:54 am

Will Mulberry darken in color like Osage does over time?

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: artcher1 on December 28, 2013, 12:04:10 pm

Yes, mulberry can get very dark over time Caveman..........Art

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: Pat B on December 28, 2013, 02:45:05 pm

Aged mulberry can look like aged osage after a while. Hard to tell them apart by looks.

Title: Re: Mulbery
Post by: caveman2533 on December 28, 2013, 06:19:22 pm

Thanks I cut some slabs to use a knife handles and wondered if they will  get darker.