07-25-2013, 04:09 PM
Hi Ildar,
You could very well be right. Although what I suggest is a bar underpinning the nut, so it does not rotate as it is held in place like Thomas describes. If you look at the force vectors, even a lot of pull on the nut will not cause the bolt to force the trigger back. What puzzled me is the iconographic evidence, showing a shaped handle at the rear (for which there is really no obvious function) and very little space for a trigger mechanisme as found in Medieval crossbows. I realise the handle found is thought to be of a dagger, but it is found in context with the crossbow pieces and no remnants of an iron blade are present, linking it to a dagger. The iconography does show a somewhat similar handle.
But is a theory, so I can only prove or disprove it by building a working model, I suppose.
You could very well be right. Although what I suggest is a bar underpinning the nut, so it does not rotate as it is held in place like Thomas describes. If you look at the force vectors, even a lot of pull on the nut will not cause the bolt to force the trigger back. What puzzled me is the iconographic evidence, showing a shaped handle at the rear (for which there is really no obvious function) and very little space for a trigger mechanisme as found in Medieval crossbows. I realise the handle found is thought to be of a dagger, but it is found in context with the crossbow pieces and no remnants of an iron blade are present, linking it to a dagger. The iconography does show a somewhat similar handle.
But is a theory, so I can only prove or disprove it by building a working model, I suppose.
