10-08-2015, 06:28 AM
Quote:I would think arrow shafts were first squared to a prescribed dimension, then shaved to eight sides, then shaved round. This was a standard method used by ancient fishing rod makers, and it would seem to apply to arrow shafts as well.
That makes sense, though the arrows from Dura were Reed with a wooden foot 1cm thick overall..... but that may be because of local conditions.... but I could imagine that every method would have been used depending on the supply of suitable materials...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
