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meanewood:
Hi Will
Nice arrows
Can you clarify if the 'barrelled' shafts are 1/2in at the socket and if so, what diameter are they at the widest point?
WillS:
--- Quote from: FilipT on March 27, 2019, 12:25:22 pm ---Ah gotcha, thanks! So the arrow is actually full diameter at arrowhead and maybe 2" behind it and then it has acute taper to nocks?
Btw, what did you mean by splitting the nocks with knife? How do you do that without ripping apart wood at the grain?
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Yep, exactly!
Very carefully ;) good timber selection and location of the best grain when hand planing the shafts is crucial.
WillS:
--- Quote from: meanewood on March 27, 2019, 03:03:31 pm ---Hi Will
Nice arrows
Can you clarify if the 'barrelled' shafts are 1/2in at the socket and if so, what diameter are they at the widest point?
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Do you mean the MR arrows? If so, there's a wide selection of sizes amongst the barrelled ones, from 10mm and less at the head to 1/2". I'd have to check to be sure, but from memory the 10mm ones generally taper up to 1/2" and back down, and the 1/2" ones taper to around 15mm then down.
The really big ones tend to be of willow or very light alder, instead of aspen. That way the overall weight stays the same.
FilipT:
So for example, these arrows with 1/2" socket taper in length of inch or two behind the socket into a 15 mm diameter and then they taper again to 8 mm at the nocks? Very interesting design, it is obvious now how they wanted to have as heavy front end while still having rest of arrow gracefully so it can fly properly.
Tuomo:
--- Quote from: WillS on March 28, 2019, 12:38:07 am ---The really big ones tend to be of willow or very light alder, instead of aspen. That way the overall weight stays the same.
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Why they used soft woods? Had soft woods some kind of advantage over hard woods (oak, ash, beech, etc.) as war arrow material? Why they wanted to make really big arrows? Why soft and light woods? Why not hard wood arrows? Spine and weight are always adjustable.
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