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Arrows
Wooden Arrows
- These were Usually made with a bone or fire hardened tipFire Arrows
- Arrows with cloth tips often soaked in oil or fatSignal Arrows
- blunt ends with holes running perpendicular to shaft causes whistling in flight. At times they were covered with an oiled cloth which was lit to make them more visiblePoison
- Arrow heads That were dipped in poisons of feces to caude deathe or infection. Some were designed to fall off shaft after striking to aid in recovery of shaft woodFlint, obsidian
- Very sharp points and edges to kill or woundBone - The earliest arrow heads
Bronze - The earliest metal arrow heads
Steel - Later metal arrow heads
Blunts
- Arrows often used for small gameMoon Shaped
- Arrows that were designed to cut ropes, ship riggings and limbsScissor Shape
- Also designed tor cutting ropes and limbsBodkin
- A sharp pointed arrow without barbs designed to penetrate the links of chain mail. They were occasionally coated with wax to help penetrate plateBarbed Arrows
- These were designed to increase size of wound and make it more difficult to extract the arow. Different sizes were used according to distance to be shotShafts
- While almost any wood could be used for shafts, some are superior to others. you want something which is not totally inflexible, but you also want something which won't explode when you try to shoot it. The most common are bamboo/reed, ash, poplar, birch, cedarFletch
While a number of different materials have been used for fletch, feathers are by far the most common and popular, even today. the purpose of fletch is to stabilize the arrow in flight you don't want something heavy that will weigh the arrow down and you want something with a low profile, so as not to cause wind resistance.
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Thomas Jefferson
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