[Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals andcrossbows

[Garth G. Groff]

Lord Christophe and friends,

Sure. Why not? Bolts and darts are valid as fletching projects. I would 
love to see a dart with a stone point, though it might fall into the 
"broadhead" category as actual ammunition.

I have to think a bit about where the fletchers' guild is going. No 
answer from the A&S people about getting links or starting a web site. 
Lord Tnek and I tried to set up a display and demo at University, but 
within minutes we had to give up our space to the wedding party that had 
also booked the church that day. We made such a hasty retreat that I 
never even got to eat most of my lunch.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir Target Archery Marshal.

John Atkins wrote:
> Hey, per this conversation, can we add atlatl darts to the fletchers
> guild?  As Enoguy says, they are just really big arrows.
>
> cog
>
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> Alexandratos, Jerry (NIH/NCI) [E]
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> Subject: Re: [Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals
> andcrossbows
>
>
> The Aztecs were a flint and obsidian based culture, as I recall, using
> both in tools and weapons.  Oddly enough, they knew about the wheel but
> did not use it for transportation.  The speculation is that they did not
> have large enough animals to pull carts.  Not a historian, so take all
> of this with a grain of... maize.  Is this far enough off topic?  Okay,
> they did use the bow and arrow, so the denizens of this list may
> consider them "civilized".  
>
> Jerry/Gerasimos