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Arrows
- These were Usually made with a bone or fire hardened tip
- Arrows with cloth tips often soaked in oil or fat
- 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 visible
- 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 wood
- Very sharp points and edges to kill or wound
- Arrows often used for small game
- Arrows that were designed to cut ropes, ship riggings and limbs
- Also designed tor cutting ropes and limbs
- A sharp pointed arrow without barbs designed to penetrate the links of chain mail. They were occasionally coated with wax to help penetrate plate
- 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 shot
- 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, cedar
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.
