12-09-2003, 11:24 PM
The fletchings are glued on using a jig. This consists of a rest for the arrow with a flat piece of metal which goes into the knock and can be rotated in 120 degree steps. and a large bulldog clip which is held in place with a magnet. I bought mine from Quicks in the UK but they can be bought from any good archery shop. The bulldog clip holds the feather in place while the glue drys. The feathers are like a "T" so there is a flat bit to glue onto the shaft.<br>
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There are a lot of tri-bladed arrowheads on Ebay but most of them I think are hunting heads . The shafts I am using are 11/32 (10mm) approx. I saw some of the these heads in a local shop and they were made for 4 to 6 mm shafts. If you look in Bishop and Cousterns book on Military equipment there are lots of drawings of roman military arrow heads. They seem to be either Tri bladed of square bodkin points. Most of them in the 1st century seem to be tanged rather than socketed. I have not yet got heads for my arrows. I should be able to make the Iron tanged bodkins on my lathe and then hammer them into a flat pyrimid. the tribladed ones I will either get some cast or buy some of the iron/bronze reproductions. Eagle archery sell them in the UK for about £9 each or that Norwegian site sells them for $6 each. I would ideally like to see one in my hand before I bought 12 for the arrows I am making. I normally shoot modern "longbow" wooden arrows as you lose or break quite a few and making my own arrows is time consuming. I am making the authentic arrows so I have some correct ones to show the public. I will shoot them just to see how well they work but I don't intend to shoot them often. I usually shoot about 25 arrows in a display. <p></p><i></i>
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There are a lot of tri-bladed arrowheads on Ebay but most of them I think are hunting heads . The shafts I am using are 11/32 (10mm) approx. I saw some of the these heads in a local shop and they were made for 4 to 6 mm shafts. If you look in Bishop and Cousterns book on Military equipment there are lots of drawings of roman military arrow heads. They seem to be either Tri bladed of square bodkin points. Most of them in the 1st century seem to be tanged rather than socketed. I have not yet got heads for my arrows. I should be able to make the Iron tanged bodkins on my lathe and then hammer them into a flat pyrimid. the tribladed ones I will either get some cast or buy some of the iron/bronze reproductions. Eagle archery sell them in the UK for about £9 each or that Norwegian site sells them for $6 each. I would ideally like to see one in my hand before I bought 12 for the arrows I am making. I normally shoot modern "longbow" wooden arrows as you lose or break quite a few and making my own arrows is time consuming. I am making the authentic arrows so I have some correct ones to show the public. I will shoot them just to see how well they work but I don't intend to shoot them often. I usually shoot about 25 arrows in a display. <p></p><i></i>
Bernard Jacobs
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Any opinion stated is genally not the opinion of My group or Centurian
