I wanted to give you a little history info to help round out your knowledge of archery in general on this beautiful spring day!
Arrow Heads of the Ages
Earth Tribes used available resources to make all that they needed. A diverse array of shapes and materials were available to these early hunters.
The materials varied from stone, antler, bone, and wood. Let us discuss them and what they were used for.
Wood
A fairly simple wooden point on the end of arrows made from wild shoots offers surprising resilience. These were yesterday’s “field points” for practice, blunt tips for small game, and piercers for fowl.
Bone
This material can be used to make harpoons, broad heads and chisel shaped heads. Broad heads were serrated, while chisel shaped points where polished sharp, both for hunting large animals. Harpoon points were useful for bow fishing and fowl hunting.
Stone
Older points were simplistic and unifacial with a larger “tang” for better securing the point to the arrow. More modern points were mad bifacially and with less tang, making them more apt to detach in the victim and so being a tool of war as well as hunting.
Iron and Steel
These points differ only slightly from ancient predecessors in shape and profile, but are heavier and require more uniform weight than the lighter points of old. They are more durable against chipping or breaking.
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