Calling all Archers

[scythius]

Avete, omnes!<br>
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Decebalus wrote:<br>
Quote:</em></strong><hr>I was curious about the tanged heads, would you split the ends of the arrow shafts, insert the tangs, and then bind them with linen thread or sinew? Or would you drill a hole down the center and insrt the tangs? I'm guessing the former. <hr><br>
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Splitting the ends of the arrow-stave will effectively make this a one-shot arrow - even if you are shooting into a soft target. I would suggest drilling the hole for the head.<br>
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When I was making some arrows with a friend from Kazakhstan several years ago, he showed me how his grandfather would use a heated metal rod to <em>burn</em> the hole into the arrow. These arrows held up to use very nicely.<br>
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I can't provenance this technique for Roman reenactment, but it does work rather well.<br>
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