[MR] rattan spear questions

[Logan]

you can purchase skinned rattan directly from hh perkins co.

if the piece is really straight you can use a lathe and sand paper.  there
is also a tool (i imagine its quite expensive though) that will strip the
husk from rattan or other oddly shaped poles.  i dont remember the name off
the top of my head.

you can use a hand planer (like i use to make my swords).  this is an easy
way to do it but wont give you a perfectly straight piece, it will allow you
to leave some husk on for strength.

downside;

they will break pretty easily.  this can be somewhat avoided by doing some
end to end runs with high quality fiber tape, but that adds some weight
back.

just a thought or two

logan

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[mailto:atlantia-admin at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of Phillip Jones
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:30 AM
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Subject: [MR] rattan spear questions


I am going to skin down some rattan for spears, and wanted to seek advice
before doing so. What tools/methods work well? Any pitfalls I should be
aware of?


Phillip Jones
Triplette Competition Arms
101 East Main Street
Elkin, NC 28621
336-835-7774
phillip at mindless.com
www.triplette.com



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