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Monster Descens Offline Posts: 234 Calgary, Canada Gender:	Attaching Flint arrow heads Sep 12^th, 2009 at 8:14pm So I started playing around knapping flint. After making some poor arrow heads I thought these need to be on arrow, so this is how I attached one. Slit and filed down a straigh branch, stick the head into the slot and tied it on with artifical sinew. My questions is how to other people attach flint arrow and spear heads?
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Reply #1 - Sep 12^th, 2009 at 8:17pm

Of course the next step is to shoot the sucker. I loaded up a kids 24 lb bow and when and shot the ground and some pop cans. I t actually worked without falling apart. Next step I think is to put it on a proper length arrow and try it from my 50lb bow. The first arrow is only 2' long because that is the longest straight branch I could find in my yard quickly.

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Bikewer Interfector Viris Spurii Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 1627 St. Louis, Mo Gender:	Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2009 at 8:51pm The traditional method is pine pitch or similar adhesive and real sinew binding. Sinew is stretchy and dries hard, so it creates a tight bond. The latest release of the Traditional Bowyer's Bible has an entire chapter on "arrows of the world", with illustrations of dozens of different types.
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads Reply #3 - Sep 12^th, 2009 at 10:10pm nice points! if you cant get pitch andf real sinew i recomend using epoxy and fake sinew or even beter would be to use hot melt glue so you can just heat the points up if you need to remove the points in the future most larger sporting goods stores sell archers hot melt glue, its a bits stronger than the other stuff
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3483 UK	Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads Reply #4 - Sep 13^th, 2009 at 4:20am Look up 'hafting flint points' on youtube, the videos by Paleoaleo are 100% awesome.
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Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads
Reply #5 - Sep 13^th, 2009 at 4:38pm

i generally just set my points with glue (pine pitch, hide glue, or hot glue) then wrap the shaft behind the point with sinew to prevent splitting. i usually use obsidian or dacite for my points which, although extremely sharp, are rather fragile and rarely stand up to more than one shot. by using this method it's easy to replace a broken point while keeping the arrow shaft (the more difficult peice to make) intact. flint, on the other hand, is quite a bit more durable and a combination of glue and wrap might be more warrented.

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads Reply #6 - Sep 13^th, 2009 at 5:30pm here's an example of how i set my points. it's a 3 1/2" spear point instead of an arrowhead, but the technique is the same.
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Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads
Reply #7 - Sep 13^th, 2009 at 5:37pm

Paleoarts wrote on Sep 13^th, 2009 at 5:30pm:

here's an example of how i set my points. it's a 3 1/2" spear point instead of an arrowhead, but the technique is the same.

so basically you really just tar it into place, then use cord (or sinew) to whip the back off to prevent it from splitting further then it should, rather then using the whipping to hold it into place

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Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads
Reply #8 - Sep 13^th, 2009 at 6:04pm

that's right, kid. ideally, in a hunting situation, you'd want your point to come off inside your prey and the shaft to fall out. this will speed up the animal 'bleeding out' and spare your shaft from damage. the only time you really need to tie your points on is if you plan on pulling them out (shaft and all) and reusing them which is an unlikely scenario with brittle stone points. now, if you're using bone or steel or even tough flint like monster, then tying is sometimes worth the effort.

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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3483 UK	Re: Attaching Flint arrow heads Reply #9 - Sep 14^th, 2009 at 5:38am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xlaxd6px_0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIg_ehEZQyM Native american points were usually hafted with pitch and sinew, sometimes with sinew alone.
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