Naturally footed wood shafts

[James Harvey]

#2304

So I subscribed to Kevin Forrester’s facebook page and I saw this pop up recently, 5/16″ shafts (spined up to 80#) with a natural 11/32 footing:

They look neat. Has anyone tried them out?

[Doc Nock]

#7968

A friend in “Va” showed m e his dowling equipment… now to do THAT has to take some pretty interesting equipment… If it can be done that close to the head, I’d think it worthwhile to do a good bit farther BACK up the shaft…

Course, then we’re really starting to talk nock tapered shafting, which I used to do on ASh… which were “hell for stout arrows” but a flipping BEAR to keep or get straight!

[Stephen Graf]

#8613

That doesn’t look like any wood shaft footing I’ve ever seen. Looks suspiciously like a piece of wood that has been drilled out to fit onto a taper, like how the woody weights work.

A real footing looks like how a pool que is made where the woods are spliced together. Typically a wood arrow footing has about 4 inches of splice.

A footing is wasted on hardwood shafts in my opinion. The shaft is already as strong as it’s going to get, and you won’t be adding any weight to the front to move the FOC, so what’s the point?

[Mohawk13]

#10573

Its a tapering style I have used for almost 30 years. I generally do this with My poplar shafts. I was shown this style back in the 80’s by a gentleman in Vermont. This is old school coming back around. If you have never used Kevin’s shafts, you should try them..They are fantastic.

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