Arrow head, and a note about weapon-control in Denmark
Hi all. Today I want to show an arrowhead I made as one of my first real smithing projects.
it consist of the head itself and a folded tube that is put over the end of the arrow shaft. sometimes the tube is forgewelded but usually this is not necessary due to the small size, and i didnt do it on this one.
This method was widely used on arrows in Europe and other places in the world.
In places where bamboo or similar hollow shafts was used, the arrowhead usually had a long tapered point which was inserted into the shaft instead, but in Europe where pine ,ash or cedar was used the tube-form is more common.
The reason I made this was to try out the technique involved in making such a folded tube. It went quite well but it was far from perfect and i even had some issues with fishmouthing on the tip so I had to shorten the tip more than first planned. All in all this was more of a learning experience than a succesfull object, but it is both functional and , if you squint your eyes enough, quite pretty :-)
Interestingly, owning a bow and arrow in Denmark doesn't require any kind of permit, even though it is quite a deadly weapon in able hands, and even though a sword , or just a large knife(tools and kitchen knives exempted) requires a permit.
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Ottimo lavoro! Invidio la tua manualità. Mi piace molto anche la tua passione per la ricerca. Complimenti!
Un saluto, nicola
Beautifully made. I like that you put the pencil there, which makes it easier to judge the size.
Weapons control can appear weird... back in the 90s a friend wanted me to bring back a special bow from Chicago to Germany. By law, I could not leagally buy one within the city limits though!
Thank you. I tend to want to know dimensions of things because i do reconstructions myself and often it is very frustrating to not have any known object or a tapemeasure, so i try to include this in my own images, both as a reference for yself but also as information for viewers. regarding the weapon control, then yes sometimes it is weird for historical reasons or just because the lawmakers dont think it through properly. overall I do think it is a good idea to have some control of , at least, ballistic weapons.
I have to pay more attention to the fact, that a size is hard to guess for someone who doesn't know an object. I find the pencil pretty smart, as it is more universal than cm or inches...
I'm certainly not against weapons control, just found it odd, that you can buy a gun somewhere but not a sports bow...
yeah true dat.
Great post sir.you are awesome. Thanks for sharing