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Flaming arrows
Badger:
Every time I hear of a flaming arrow I think back to my high school days, one of the local high schools would hold a pep ralley each year and a huge bonfire made from all the wood donated from neigborhood folks. The goal for the opposing school was to try and burn the bonfire before the pep ralley. I always wanted to make a flaming arrow that would start that thing going. It was about 100 yard shot from outside the fence as the football team camped out by the woodpile the entire week before the ralley. They had their cars aimed at the gate for a fast getaway if they needed to give chase. We used to brainstorm on how we could burn that woodpile. One of my favorites was donate wood soaked in kerosene and then hit it with a flaming arrow. Steve
bobnewboy:
Here's a couple of pictures from the evening celebration of a friend's wedding. Not a common use for a fire arrow, but it worked - it was just a lot of combustible materials tied tightly in place of a pile. Using big fletchings and being not too far to the target helps a lot too! ;D
//Bob
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bobnewboy:
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cracker:
Cool looks like fun.R.C.
markinengland:
The Turks and Saracens developed arrows for shooting containers full of cumbustible material like greek fire. I think this was a kind of tethered arrow with a cup or similar on the end from which the egg like continer was launched. I think I also remember people writing about fire arrows.
The Turkish bow was used to launch many diferent projectiles ranging from incendary devices, to very short darts to arrows that would cut the bow strings of anyone trying to shoot them back.
Mark in England
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