12-11-2003, 05:21 PM
I was intending to drill the hole in the end of the arrow for just that reason. I am also going to put a small washer under the head to make it more difficult for the head to cut into the shaft. I intend using mu lathe to drill the holes so they are in the middle and parallel to the shaft.<br>
Burning the holes to the final size is a good idea as burning doesn't damage the structure of the wood the way drilling does. I frequently burn heads on to shafts and handles.<br>
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I have been making some patterns for casting out of sheet brass. I have made the heads to the correct size of the finds but they seem very small compared to the size of the shaft. I am using 11/32 (9mm) shafts and the heads are only 13mm diameter<br>
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I have finally found a picture of the tombstone from Housesteads which people use as evidence for Hamian archers in the UK. The re-enactors seem to always wear a long tunic down to their ankles. I have always thought this totally impractical in the UK. Long tunics are OK for hot dry countries where nothing grows but in UK they would get wet and catch on brambles, thistles and undergrowth. The figure on the tombstone is wearing a standard thigh length tunic, so I don't know where they get the idea they wore long tunics. They also wear conical helmets from the same tombstone. What the figure is wearing could be a conical helmet but it could also be a hat. I seems to come too far down the head for a helmet. All the conical helmets I have seen re-enactors wear have bowls where the bottom is flat and parallel with the ground.<br>
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I have put a picture on my website on page two<br>
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Burning the holes to the final size is a good idea as burning doesn't damage the structure of the wood the way drilling does. I frequently burn heads on to shafts and handles.<br>
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I have been making some patterns for casting out of sheet brass. I have made the heads to the correct size of the finds but they seem very small compared to the size of the shaft. I am using 11/32 (9mm) shafts and the heads are only 13mm diameter<br>
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I have finally found a picture of the tombstone from Housesteads which people use as evidence for Hamian archers in the UK. The re-enactors seem to always wear a long tunic down to their ankles. I have always thought this totally impractical in the UK. Long tunics are OK for hot dry countries where nothing grows but in UK they would get wet and catch on brambles, thistles and undergrowth. The figure on the tombstone is wearing a standard thigh length tunic, so I don't know where they get the idea they wore long tunics. They also wear conical helmets from the same tombstone. What the figure is wearing could be a conical helmet but it could also be a hat. I seems to come too far down the head for a helmet. All the conical helmets I have seen re-enactors wear have bowls where the bottom is flat and parallel with the ground.<br>
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I have put a picture on my website on page two<br>
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Bernard Jacobs
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