01-20-2004, 10:54 AM
As it is my understanding that a dirty mind is a joy for ever I nevertheless find that the word glans in the meaning of being slingshot has nothing to do with<br>
anatomy -male or otherwise-<br>
In my humble opinion it really is an acorn that's meant.<br>
<br>
In the fortress of Velsen they found 520 sling bullets in<br>
four various forms.<br>
One of the normal oval type and the rest in various stages of developement.<br>
<br>
The oval is cast in a mold but the others are cast in the<br>
ground and then hammered into shape.<br>
Those three types were either fully hammered into shape<br>
(i.e oval) or half-finished or not at all.<br>
Apparently depending on how little time they had for finishing them during the battle for the fortress.<br>
<br>
The unfinished one is just a finger thrust into the ground<br>
(you can still see the fingernail) with no working on it whatsoever so it just flat on top.<br>
But it is the half finished one that is interesting.<br>
The bottom half (the fingertip) is smooth but the top half is hammered into an oval shape and thus has a rough surface.<br>
So it really does resemble an acorn.<br>
Smooth on the bottom and rough where it's cap is.<br>
<br>
Probably this process predated the casting-mold and so the name acorn-glans stuck.<br>
<br>
I still have some that acorn-shaped slingshot from when<br>
I recreated the process years ago at Archeon.<br>
If anybody is interested I'll post a picture.<br>
They are, by the way, far more accurate then any stone<br>
I've ever used.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Cordvs. <p></p><i></i>
anatomy -male or otherwise-<br>
In my humble opinion it really is an acorn that's meant.<br>
<br>
In the fortress of Velsen they found 520 sling bullets in<br>
four various forms.<br>
One of the normal oval type and the rest in various stages of developement.<br>
<br>
The oval is cast in a mold but the others are cast in the<br>
ground and then hammered into shape.<br>
Those three types were either fully hammered into shape<br>
(i.e oval) or half-finished or not at all.<br>
Apparently depending on how little time they had for finishing them during the battle for the fortress.<br>
<br>
The unfinished one is just a finger thrust into the ground<br>
(you can still see the fingernail) with no working on it whatsoever so it just flat on top.<br>
But it is the half finished one that is interesting.<br>
The bottom half (the fingertip) is smooth but the top half is hammered into an oval shape and thus has a rough surface.<br>
So it really does resemble an acorn.<br>
Smooth on the bottom and rough where it's cap is.<br>
<br>
Probably this process predated the casting-mold and so the name acorn-glans stuck.<br>
<br>
I still have some that acorn-shaped slingshot from when<br>
I recreated the process years ago at Archeon.<br>
If anybody is interested I'll post a picture.<br>
They are, by the way, far more accurate then any stone<br>
I've ever used.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Cordvs. <p></p><i></i>
