Hexshafting is 6 pie shaped pieces of wood laminated together to make a single shaft. In theory it is supposed to be stronger than a traditional straight grained single shaft of wood and uniformly straghter. I have never tried them, but have heard both pro’s and con’s about their use. They are typically laminated hex lodgeploe pine, the design and lamination also makes them less flexible when crossing the paradox. So I would suspect the more center cut your bow, the better.

I too have been interested in these shafts. I was thinking that they might make a more consistent shaft. I was thinking about adding a dymonwood footing to increase the FOC.

I haven’t gotten around to it ’cause I don’t have time. I’m thinking it might be a good winter project for this year, after I recover from my bad back caused by pulling all those critters out of the woods this fall using carbon arrows 😯

I probably would have impulse bought some shafts, except that it was so hard to do it on their website. So I skipped it for now.

I also understand that the spruce arrows that 3Rivers sells are a little lighter and stronger than POC. Maybe Steve McD can speak to that… But if this is true, I’ll probably just get them instead.

I have found Spruce to be a little lighter. I had gotten some spruce shafts one time (not Sitka Spruce just Alaskan Spruce – and they were very light and not very tough. I have gotten Hildebrand Sitka Spruce, which is a good shaft and you can ask them from heavier shafts. Personally I like the feel and penetration of a heavier arrow. So my preference is still Doug Fir or Laminated Birch.

A guy in my winter league had some arrows made of Hex Pine they looked to be quite durable and for him they shot well, I would like to try some myself they had good durability to them as he hit the wood around our targets a few times and he never broke one! I believe the company is out of Canada, and there is a vendor that has them in the states!

Welcome Crusader! For my 2 scents, the U.S. outlet you’re looking for is Bob Burton, of Whispering Wind Arrows in MT. http://www.whisperingwindarrows.com/ A couple of years ago I ordered a dozen footed hex pine shafts from Bob and they are excellent shooters — straight and strong and heavy. Consequent to their weight, even with weighted footing you can’t get above mid-teens FOC with them. So for folks who want a good quality heavy shaft and no concern about FOC, they are worth checking out. For my own needs in wood shafts I prefer Surewood Doug fir, which I get from Dave Doran at Archery Past http://www.archery-past.net/. These I believe are a good first step up from P.O. cedars for those who’ve never shot anything else and want to try somdething new. They are light, so good FOC is attainable, yet in my experience stronger and straighter than POC. One of many nice things about buying from Dave is that he will sell single shafts so you can test and compare before obligating. He will also take as long as necessary on the phone to try and educate and help us. This year I’ll be hunting elk with Surewood shafts capped with short sections of aluminum shaft external footing in order to convert them for screw-in points and maximize FOC. dp

I have some hex shafts. They work fine. A little pricey.

After using them for a while I must say that I prefer to use Sitka Spruce, PO Cedar or Doug Fir instead. Mostly because of cost.