After you have received your shafts, the first thing to do is inspect your shafts for damage that may have happened during the shipping process. Second thing to do is sand your shafts with a fine sandpaper, then with an ultra fine sandpaper. After that is complete, you may need to hand straighten one or two. To do this process, all you have to do is place the shaft in the heal of one hand and use your opposite hand to bend the shaft in the opposite direction. We hand straighten all shafts before shipping, but this doesn't mean there might be a shaft or two that get a little crooked during the shipping process.