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What bow wax is It softens and migrates Which makes the closure the specification The traditional container is a small tin Which is unusual for this catalog Tube format is the other answer Wax contaminates everything it touches And it picks up grit PP tolerates warmth better than PET Glass is the wrong answer References

Nine tins. Which is unusual here and exactly right for this.

What bow wax is

A soft wax applied to a bowstring to protect the fibres and hold the serving. Applied with fingers, rubbed in, and used a little at a time over years.

It softens and migrates

Left in a car, a quiver or a sunny window it goes from a solid to something that creeps. A container that was adequate in a cool garage leaks in a hot one.

Which makes the closure the specification

A lid that seals rather than rests. 18 lug and twist closures and 27 dome lids here, and a liner for anything that will travel.

The traditional container is a small tin

Shallow, wide enough for a finger, tough, and it does not shatter in a quiver pocket. This shelf has 9 tins and 9 steel containers.

Which is unusual for this catalog

Most groups in this library have no tins at all. The instrument care property wanted one for rosin and had none; archery has them.

Tube format is the other answer

2 lip balm tubes on this shelf. A push-up tube applies wax to a string without getting it on your fingers, which some archers prefer.

Wax contaminates everything it touches

An insert or a point that has met wax will not glue. Keeping the wax physically separate from the components is a real bench discipline.

And it picks up grit

An open tin in a quiver collects dust and sand, which then goes onto the string. A lid that actually closes matters more than the container material.

PP tolerates warmth better than PET

87 PP containers and 12 PP round tubs. For a wax that lives in a car in summer, polypropylene is the better plastic.

Glass is the wrong answer

64 glass containers here, and none of them belongs in a quiver or a range bag. Tin, PP or a tube.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The archery shelf is 647 rows: 277 containers and 370 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 118; 30 containers at 15 mL or under, 45 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 142 at 120 or under. 117 PET, 87 PP, 64 glass, 9 steel. 227 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 9 tins, 2 tubes. 96 clear, 51 white, 33 amber, 28 natural, 27 black. Closures: 297 continuous thread, 27 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 9 liners and sealing discs, 6 round tubs, 5 phenolic, 5 specialty. Necks: 56 at 89-400, 56 at 70-400, 36 at 58-400, 16 at 53-400.

The archetype behind this shelf is store-small-dry: 15 to 500 mL, wide mouth, PP and PET and glass, cold, solid, chunky, scooped, with "small dry parts, wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside" as its stated reason. Four of the five leaves are small dry parts and the shelf is 227 jars against 27 bottles, which is the closest archetype-to-shelf match in this library.

Written from 26 U.S.C. 4161(b) and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No tax rates, percentages or thresholds appear here: they are in the statute and its regulations, they change, and a container catalog quoting them would be wrong within a year. Whether assembling arrows makes somebody a manufacturer for excise purposes is a determination for a tax adviser. Hunting rules, broadhead requirements and draw weight minimums are state wildlife agency matters and are not addressed.