If you want to shoot traditional and cedar you had better learn to make arrows. A fletcher costs $30.00, feathers run $25 to *28 per hundred.
You can get Ramin Shafts for a buck a piece, or $90 per hundred shafts. Points and nocks are cheap.
Making wood is easy, and you will get some shafts that will not straighten.
To get premium wood and have it weight and spine sorted you pay a lot.
It is not unusual to have wood shafts vary up to 100 grains in a dozen.
3 Rivers arrows that I have seen are not very good at all.
Jack kempf does make very good arrows and also sells the components to make your own. He will build them to suit your needs. He makes a great bow too.
Kempf, Jack
E-mail Address(es):
jkempf@telus.net
Personal Information:
Phone: 780-467-3939
Dennis at Git-r-done in Calgary has Ramin shafts and all the components.
http://git-r-donearchery.com/shafts.htm
Dennis@git-r-donearchery.com
Phone (403) 374-2191
{He is away for a couple days this week.}
For when I need wood I use the 5/16 Ramin. Tougher than cedar and a lot cheaper.
It is cheaper to shoot carbon in the long run though. Just make sure they will weigh at least 8 gr per pound.
If I can be any help shoot me an Email
pete@peteward.com
Pete