Building the wood arrow pt. 6, wood recovery
By now we're all getting anxious to build some wood arrows and we've researched the different arrow woods and want to get some shafts on order. Perhaps there's been some wood arrow experience in the past, but it didn't yield arrow flight as good as those aluminum or carbon arrows did. Here may be the explanation why: Wood is a natural material and each arrow shaft will have it's own grain structure characteristics that allow it to flex and return to straightness as it moves downrange from the launch of the bow. Certain woods have different levels of elasticity, and also the rate at which they can spring back from being flexed. Back in the day, certain arrowsmiths researched what wood species gave better results and better arrow flight and rated them according to each's ability to flex and straighten. Roy Case, Robert Elmer and others determined that at the top of the list was a couple of varieties of Spruce, followed by Ced...
