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Inuumarue:
Is ~500 grains / 30g too much for a tudor style point?  I may have overbuilt mine.

Adam

Ian.:
It is a bit, ive got one of hectors that is 12g and others that are well made upto 16g

Inuumarue:
Ha! well it seems I've way overshot my goals.. guess i'll have to hollow it out a bit.  I've left the walls of the socket fairly thick, so I should be able to remove some material from there if nothing else.

Thanks,

Adam

Phil Rees:
I believe (and I'll check just to make sure) there are two Tudor bodkins in the Museum of London. If memory serves me correctly I think they were cataloged at 18 grammes each.  So,  Ian your 16 gramme Hector Cole  heads are just about spot on.

Ian.:
If it helps the head is 2" long  the socket 1.25" deep and the blades are 1.5" from the tip the wall thickness is less than a 1mm about .75

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