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

[John Atkins]

Some years back Unk, my great, great, great, great grandfather, won the
"dart of honor" at Pennsic for "killing" the chieftan of the enemy
tribe.  It's pretty cool.  Has a bamboo tip that would inflict some
serious damage.  The shaft is bamboo as well.  The only "flaw" in the
whole thing is the dimple on the back end is actually a golf T.  It was
made and donated by Thunderbird Atlatl, a Pennsic vendor.

cog

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[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Garth G.
Groff
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Subject: Re: [Archers] Tips was: Re: Safety advice on atal-atals
andcrossbows


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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of 
> Alexandratos, Jerry (NIH/NCI) [E]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:16 PM
> To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> 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

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