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Q For cutting arrows, can you use one of those small cutters that are only about £7 from Amazon. They are about five inches high, they cut from 3mm to 22mm? I had an old one and tried it with an old arrow, even though the blade was a bit blunt it cut straight but at the end of the cut it would have needed a little rub with sand paper but with a new one it should be OK? Thanks for some advice please!

A I am not familiar with the tool as described, although searching for it, it looks like a small pipe cutter. It does sound like an interesting and very cheap option, which we are all for here at Bow.

But there are a few important questions. Firstly: can the tool cut a set of arrows to identical lengths – that is, to within fractions of a millimetre? This is a vital consideration, as archery is all about consistently good quality, not just in the shot execution, but in your equipment too. The second consideration is this: if the shaft does

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