Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my.

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Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my.

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07-21-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:And that still leaves the question of why the bodkind form was utilized on the pilum and some spear heads. It would have been MUCH easier to forge an iron pilum with a leaf blade head, even a barbed leaf blade (like the angon), than a bodkin head.

According to David Sim in Iron for the Eagles the difference in production time is negligible. One takes around 37 minutes the other takes around 36 minutes.

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Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Aulus Perrinius - 07-10-2009, 11:58 AM

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Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by marka - 07-11-2009, 11:10 PM

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Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Sean Manning - 07-12-2009, 07:01 PM

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Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by marka - 07-13-2009, 04:10 PM

Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Dan Howard - 07-13-2009, 11:29 PM

Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Sean Manning - 07-14-2009, 01:37 AM

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Why the bodkin? - by Gregg - 07-17-2009, 10:28 PM

Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Sean Manning - 07-18-2009, 01:47 AM

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Re: Polybius, horse archers arrows, roman armour, oh my. - by Dan Howard - 07-18-2009, 08:44 AM

Re: Why the bodkin? - by Matthew Amt - 07-18-2009, 01:33 PM

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