Hildebrand Co.  3901 South Tyler Rd. , Port Angeles, WA.  98363-9526           
Toll-Free: 1-866-586-0232    Email: arrow@olypen.com          

 
 


Choose from the following links, or email us @
arrow@olypen.com
We also accept checks or money orders which can be sent to:

Hildebrand Co.
 
3901 South Tyler Rd. ,
Port Angeles, WA.  98363-9526       


Parallel And Tapered Shafts (Retail and Bulk)

 

Or

 

Barreled Target Shafts

 



HOW TO HAND STRAIGHTEN YOUR ARROW SHAFTS
 All of us who do wood arrows need to know something about straightening arrow shafts. Wood is known to move for a variety of reasons, especially raw wood. Sitka is a very stable wood and we have less problems drying and machining it in regards to straightness than any wood I've worked with. It likes to stay straight. Non the less, I've gotten pretty good at straightening arrow shafts. I'll share some things that were passed on to me by some of my wholesale customers who have a lifetime of knowledge.

To hand straighten shafts, hold the shaft across the palm of your hand so the curve, or bend, of the shaft is down and the shaft is held over the back of your palm. Extend your arm and sight down the shaft and use your other hand to pull the shaft down for bending. This gives a wider radius than bending the shaft in your fingers. Work the bend up or down the shaft sighting during bending. In a shaft that won't respond to this, it's time to get the tool out to burnish the outside of the bend. A piston pin or similar item works, but you can make a nice tool by going to the hardware store and buying a hook, about 5/16, with a wood screw end and a file handle that will fit the screw end of your hook. Cut the pointed end of the hook off and smooth the end with a file, screw the hook into the handle and you have a hook that a good many professionals use. Rest one end of the shaft on your bench, hold the other in your hand and run the hook up and down the outside of the bend. You'll notice the wood being burnished will take on a little shine. I straighten several times through the fletching process, and the spruce stays straight after finish ect. We watch for the ones that are radical and throw them out. All our shafts are guaranteed to be straight or straightenable.




 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Copyright © 2006 Hildebrand Co  Designed by KeystoneWebworks  All Rrights Reserved

sitka spruce arrow shafts  -  sitka spruce target shafts  -  hildebrand arrow shafts

 


Free Counter
Web Site Counter