emergency arrow making

[Mortblanc]

Ishi was of the Yahi tribe, and If you wish to follow his lead you will be shooting your bow from the horizontal and using a thumb ring for the draw too. Last of his tribe, last of his culture, all due to the introduction of firearms, and not even modern ones at that!

All primitive shafts start as warped and misshapen missiles. Straightening the shafts is part of the craft. I have straightened dozens of arrows over the flame of a paraffin lamp or over the hot coals of a campfire.

Even prepared modern wooden arrowshafts will warp and need straightening on occasion. I have a neat little burnishing tool that does that too.

Yes, it takes some time, and carefully prepared materials are preferable to scratched together tools, but we, like Otsie, will use what we have available. If I am out of arrows, and pass a likely boxwood, or here in my region a nice cane break, there will be some arrow making taking place within a short time.

Green wood arrows are better than no arrows.

That is the only point I had.