I don't get it.

[Captainkirk]

As long as you are sharing your findings as you go. That way I get to learn without actually doing.

[Shadowhntr]

This way, you can get a loose idea if the shafts are even close to what is needed. It keeps you from breaking shafts that fly sideways from being so far out of your spine needs. You may not be needing that shaft, but someone can use it...but not if it's broken. I think this is far more important for those who tune bare shafts.

Besides...if you ever end up cresting up some arrows for someone and you can't tune them with the bow and shooter, it's nice to know you are sending the right spined arrows to them.

[Captainkirk]

Now that you mention it, before I get too far along I need to bareshaft these things before I trim the length.

[J. Holden]

I'm no expert but I'd be hesitant to bare shaft wood arrows. I've never done it at the advice of others, rumor has it that the shaft could break. I've always paper tuned my wood arrows. I think it's more time consuming but in the end it's given me piece of mind knowing that things are all tuned up and matching.

Also having someone watch the flight of the arrows helps. They can see if the tail is flying high, low, left or right. Just my two cents.

-Jeremy

[Shadowhntr]

Jeremy, take it from someone who has literally tuned hundreds upon hundreds of wood arrows. I've bare shaft tuned every last one of them. If you've done simple homework in knowing about where the spine needs to be per head weight there is literally no difference in tuning wood bare shaft then any other material. Simply start no more then 10 yards and do your best in matching spine per head weight. As you get the shaft closer to tune, begin moving back a few yards at a time.Using that method ive not broken a shaft while bare shaft tuning in almost 30 years. I say this just for information sake.

[Captainkirk]

I say this just for information sake.

Isn't that what they call a "disclaimer?"...

[Shadowhntr]

I say this just for information sake.

Isn't that what they call a "disclaimer?"...

Well I didn't want him Thinking I was scolding or being mean!

[J. Holden]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I appreciate the advice. I've just avoided doing so at the advice of others and not wanting to break shafts. Especially after they've been all prettied up!

-Jeremy

[Captainkirk]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I appreciate the advice. I've just avoided doing so at the advice of others and not wanting to break shafts. Especially after they've been all prettied up!

-Jeremy

Understandable. In theory, you should be bareshafting BEFORE doing all the fancy cresting and fletching.