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Some medieval style tournament arrows

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Strelets:
Beautiful arrows R.D. These look like the same machined points that I use, 10 mm external diameter. I put tungsten powder inside them to adjust and match the arrow weights. You can get another 3 or 4 grams in and still have enough room for the tapered point of the shaft.

Ruddy Darter:
Thank you Strelets,
 They sound the same and are a little on the light side but I really like these points, in the past I  have put in little inserts of lead sheet in the cone to make weight on other types of arrows, thanks for that tip and I may give that a try😎👍
 R.D.

Strelets:
Yes, I used to use bits of sheet lead and hammer them into the socket, but tungsten is denser and you can get more weight in. Golf suppliers sell tungsten powder for weighting golf clubs, and Amazon stocks it.  These points are very good for field archery 3D targets, the long tapered point means fewer arrows glancing off if they hit a curved part.

I have now gone over to using lime (Tilia x europaea) for arrow shafts. Before I used American poplar, birch, ash (both American and European), maple, pine and spruce. Of all these woods lime is much the best for staying straight. It is no denser than pine or spruce, but stronger.

Ruddy Darter:
Thanks Strelets, I'll have a hunt for some lime if I can get it anywhere uk, definitely want to try that. And I will try that tungsten powder, thanks very much for the info.
I've got some Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) timber on its way to me and looking forward to trying that. I am hoping it will make nice arrow shafts. I've read conflicting opinions on it as an arrow wood so would very much appreciate any experiences anyone may of had with Common Alder.
 R.D.

Strelets:
This is where I get lime, they are in Scotland.

https://plugitwood.co.uk/collections/round-dowels/products/lime-wooden-dowel

If you tell them that they are for making arrows they will pick out the straightest ones for you. I use the 10 mm diameter dowels, but they also do 12 mm.  Lime is lovely stuff to work and very stable. It is a favourite for doing fancy wood carvings.

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