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macdaddy ltd
10-02-2006, 08:07 PM
i am thinking about getting a wooden defense shaft. i hear hickory is a pretty tough wood. but if its a defense length will it snap easily? and how much pain could i cause with hickory :chair: ? haha. help me out pplzzz
dragonlax
10-02-2006, 08:26 PM
yeah they wont break to easy, and you can do serious damage with em only downside is they are heavy. i know this all because my friend has 2 broken arrows which i am always on the recieving end of.
yea there is a few new companies that are selling wooden shafts. i don't know if they have d poles yet, but they are hollow and have a carbon fiber inside so they are lighter and stronger
LaxDman62
10-02-2006, 08:33 PM
yea it hurts but i didnt find them too heavy for certain ones. I saw one that a college player let me use and it was amazing. They used to be sold on ebay with some guy making them. It is called the The Orto Stick. I find it really nice.
the one i am talking about is called the talon i think
checklax
10-02-2006, 08:35 PM
yea it hurts but i didnt find them too heavy for certain ones. I saw one that a college player let me use and it was amazing. They used to be sold on ebay with some guy making them. It is called the The Orto Stick. I find it really nice.
heres a link on an auction for it that ended
http://cgi.ebay.com/Wood-Lacrosse-Sticks_W0QQitemZ180004888402QQihZ008QQcategoryZ621 65QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotoh osting
Thanks for the reference but the mods arent gonna like it because its against the forum rules to post ebay links.
macdaddy ltd
10-02-2006, 09:45 PM
talon has wooden shafts but i dont think they have d length but thier woodies are one of the best. im just gonna by that d shaft from hickory lacrosse.
rjattack19
10-02-2006, 09:47 PM
u can make em your self, its cheaper and takes like 5 min.
CHSLax66
10-02-2006, 09:47 PM
talon shafts arent even really woodies from what i understand, they are almost completely carbon fiber with a thin wood laminate on the top.
sailorslax88
10-02-2006, 09:58 PM
yeah they wont break to easy, and you can do serious damage with em only downside is they are heavy. i know this all because my friend has 2 broken arrows which i am always on the recieving end of.
i may disagree with you, if you wind up and hit for example someones arm in the middle of your shaft, i think it will snap.
rjattack19
10-02-2006, 10:00 PM
i may disagree with you, if you wind up and hit for example someones arm in the middle of your shaft, i think it will snap.
that what you would think, but hickory is freakin beastly, no way will it snap like that
THALAX
10-02-2006, 10:01 PM
There isn't a warranty on most of these sites that sell these hickory shafts, so don't be too crazy with the lumber.
rjattack19
10-02-2006, 10:05 PM
There isn't a warranty on most of these sites that sell these hickory shafts, so don't be too crazy with the lumber.
yea but its only 20 bucks...not a huge deal...i mean i wouldnt want to lose 20 bucks but its not like the warrior titaniums that cost like $200 and no warranty
Tridentslax
10-03-2006, 05:26 AM
is pain all you want to achieve? i have a woody, no way is that thing breaking any time soon, but when it goes it goes see http://www.freewebs.com/gloslacrosse/ninjasdpole.htm about half way down
Hackstall
10-03-2006, 05:50 AM
Yeah but take into consideration that your woody was made from plywood....no way that is happening with a solid piece of hickory.
tiplax
10-03-2006, 06:05 AM
i bought a hickory d pole last season and it is amazing. At first i was sceptical about it's strength but at practice some one wound up and check it right in the middle and it dented their stick. In a game i made a kid walk off the field because i legally check him where he had no pads. and also, i'm not the strongest guy but it is not super heavy.
I bought mine from:
www.hickorylax.com
after a lot of searching, i figured that they were the best.
feel free to pm me if you have any questions
itsthatkid
10-03-2006, 04:32 PM
Go to www.chillysticks.com Real nice, i got once a couple months ago. Pretty heavy though. They're hickory. Around $24.95 for a D-length. Ships in about 10 days. They have a bigger circumfrence then a normal shaft the whole shaft being about the width of a howizter, or if youy're not familar with that, about an 1 and 18th of an inch. The top is a little thinner for the head though, its real nice. It has very defined edges. like ifi you're barehanded you can really feel it sliding through yoru hand if you twist it. I have no idea how much it weighs...I'm 5' 4" and can play perfectly with it.
I correct myself, they are made of Ash, so a little weaker and lighter, but stiill beastly
macdaddy ltd
10-03-2006, 06:12 PM
wooden shafts are legal in high school lax right?
THALAX
10-03-2006, 06:15 PM
Yes. They are.
macdaddy ltd
10-03-2006, 06:20 PM
thanks just makin sure
If you find one watch your eyes b/c i saw someone splinter one on someones arm and almost lost an eye
macdaddy ltd
10-03-2006, 06:25 PM
thanks for the waring, are there any kinds of visors availible like football helmets have?
Park City Pole
10-03-2006, 06:31 PM
i may disagree with you, if you wind up and hit for example someones arm in the middle of your shaft, i think it will snap.
hmm my 15 year old Crooked Arrow is still in one piece. A bit heavy but when it comes to layin' lumber... Let's just say that you know you've been checked. STX used to market em. Mine is a three piece laminate, hickory and some exotic from Africa if I recall. Has an STX Dominator head on it for old school sake. Woodies rock, but plan on using well placed and timed checks, cause it can be tough to get em off in rapid sucession Of course the up side is that you will throw more good checks and will not gain a rep as a hack.
i dint think so but you could wear sun glasses...that way you can play in style w/ a Woodie and sun glasses and not look like you are wearing a retard helmet
Park City Pole
10-03-2006, 06:35 PM
thanks for the waring, are there any kinds of visors availible like football helmets have?
In most cases they 're illegal. Search through the officiating forum for applicable threads.
PlayersClub3492
10-03-2006, 06:46 PM
sunglasses are also illegal, and only clear visors are legal.
o darn there goes that idea..... :bawling:
checklax
10-29-2006, 09:49 AM
How does a woody pole compare in weight to an average Dpole such as a platinum alloy?
sidewinder19
10-29-2006, 12:10 PM
about 4 times as much...... maybe more
ALEX WIZ
10-29-2006, 12:11 PM
Don't get hickory try other woods out personaly and see which one you like best
manup5183
10-29-2006, 12:16 PM
i could make you one for like 20 bucks.
MaKiMaKi13
10-29-2006, 12:35 PM
check ebay or Red Devil Lax or Hickory Lax this topic has come up a lot so try search yes they are heavier and hickory is just about the best kind of wood you can get for the price and its density and if not hickory go with oak
TurboLagg
10-29-2006, 06:43 PM
If weight wasn't a big issue, you could try putting a thin layer of fibreglass so it would be harder to snap or crack, or you could carbon fibre one if you had the money
CSlax06
10-29-2006, 06:44 PM
I just made a white oak one, 15oz, I love it, its super light and still hurts like hell.
Want one? PM me.