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Meso-American war head arrows / made from scrap flakes

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rileyconcrete:
Man those are sharp. ;D Looking and litterally.  Cut my hands a couple times rounding those up for ya Rich.  Let me know when you need more.

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paulc:
any explanation as to why they would have one point for a man and another for dinner?  wouldn't which ever killed fastest be used in both situations?

jthompson1995:

--- Quote from: paulc on April 03, 2010, 03:01:22 pm ---any explanation as to why they would have one point for a man and another for dinner?  wouldn't which ever killed fastest be used in both situations?

--- End quote ---

Never researched it myself, but I don't necessarily think that you'd need to kill fast in war, just wound enough to incapacitate.

From the other war arrows Halfeye has posted, it looks like the flakes are intended to come loose from the tip as the arrow is removed, thus staying in the enemy, killing them eventually but not necessarily immediately. They would not have been as concerned with a quick kill to make retrieval easier during war, just that it made it so they could not fight anymore and killed them eventually so there is one less enemy.

half eye:
JT,
      How right you are.....most of the war arrows etc. were designed to inflict fatal damage.....but do it as slowly and painfully as possible.........making a statement  "dont mess with us or you die slow and in a lot of hurt"....that way maybe the other people wont come looking for trouble again.   
      I for sure am no big expert, but that seems to be what most NA elders have expressed to me. The heads on Game were designed to bleed them out as quick as possible to reduce unnecessary trailing....or get it to the minimum.
Rich

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