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Barrel tapering arrow shafts?

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willie:
Some of the NA larger bulbous nocks look easier to make by adding materiel with a glue up like in the video, but I have never read anywhere where existing arrows show evidence of it being done that way and some of the small game blunts look like the fletcher started with a 3/4 " dia. limb and scraped/split away everything that was not needed for the finished arrow.... very tedious




Urufu
thanks for asking around,  please update if you learn more.

jaxenro:

--- Quote ---some of the small game blunts look like the fletcher started with a 3/4 " dia. limb and scraped/split away everything that was not needed for the finished arrow
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Labor used to be very cheap so things that don't look logical to the modern eye were perfectly practical to the ancient one

I have heard the case made, plausibly, that Ancient Rome never developed steam power despite understanding the concept because slave labor was cheaper than steam would have been. Why develop a labor saving device when labor is basically worthless?

But even closer to our own days Colt percussion revolvers were converted to cartridge by modifying the original cylinder unlike today when we would just start with a new cylinder. Why? Because at that time the material (steel) was more expensive than the labor needed to convert it and today the reverse is true. At $5 a week (which was a good wage) a days labor cost less than starting with a new a cylinder sized block of good steel.

loon:

--- Quote from: willie on May 15, 2017, 12:26:52 pm --- but I have never read anywhere where existing arrows show evidence of it being done that way
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Turkic/Turkish fletchers definitely did.


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Buck67:
Mike Lea makes a tool that makes ramrods from square stock.  It works on a lathe and uses a handheld steadyrest/cutter that allows you to make the arrows any shape you want.  Very handy when making English Long Bow arrows.  He mostly sells at muzzleloading events, he will be at Friendship this spring.  His company name is Michael Lea and Daughter Gunsmith.  You can Google and find his contact information.

I have one of the tools and it is very easy to use.  Making a barrel shaped arrow and leaving room for a bulbous nock would be no problem.

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