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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2856 Gender:	Knights of the Round Table Mar 13^th, 2010 at 2:25pm Hi Leuts, I saw in this film a Pikten flinging an arrow. Unfortunately, it is to be seen only very short. Have you tried such a thing already once?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VL0oniQgMk&feature=related
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3245 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #1 - Mar 13^th, 2010 at 4:14pm I've seen those before. I forget what they're called. BTW, that can't be in Scotland, the sun is shining!
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #2 - Mar 13^th, 2010 at 4:43pm I think the film proves that the Picts shortbows was ...... sometimes ..... very short timann
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #3 - Mar 14^th, 2010 at 6:26am Looks like this to me: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1257014504 Funny that, almost until present, directors put 5th century Arthurian warriors into 15th century armours. Same in "Camelot".
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2010 at 12:21pm Yes, defintively those whip bows. I found two, one at 1:38 and one at 2:40. They got an high mortality rate. timann
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2856 Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #5 - Mar 14^th, 2010 at 4:42pm I would have with pleasure a proof of 10 Jhr. And how does one insert then arrow???
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Et Cetera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks Into Windows! Posts: 1550 Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #6 - Mar 19^th, 2010 at 8:03am I think there's a loop one the end of the string and a notch near the front of the arrow.
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2856 Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2010 at 4:58pm Hi Leuts, I remembered once a bronze to have seen point. It had lateral a small hook. I found a reply in the net. For an archer this hook makes no sense.
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 4:14am I agree, Jaegoor. It looks very much like a projectile point for a whip bow or something similar to me.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3489 UK	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #9 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 4:50am I disagree. Casting bronze is a very expensive process in terms of energy and effort. You dont go to such an expense only to throw the result from a whip bow when you could and should be using a proper bow. The cost of the bow is trivial compared to the cost of the bronze casting operation.
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #10 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 5:20am I see the point, but I don't think arrows shot by something like a whip bow get lost more or less often than those shot by a bow, at least under battle conditions (for hunting it may be different). The possibility to retrieve either of them after combat is the same, no matter the accuracy.
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2856 Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #11 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 5:58am Bronze is much less expensive during the production than metal Bronze points were still used very long for the hunting. Which sense would the hook have, otherwise??
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #12 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 6:14am the hook could just be leftover from the casting process, it'd work as a barb so no reason to remove it.
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2856 Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #13 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 7:22am Hi against the fact speaks which he is bent. If it was a rest from pour, he would not be it
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Knights of the Round Table Reply #14 - Mar 20^th, 2010 at 10:05am It's not the original, but the hook looks intentional. A leftover from casting would probably be straight. And the curved bases of the blade wings work as barbs already.
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