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<DIV><SPAN class=904002712-29032013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Mungo,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=904002712-29032013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>As an
historically accurate alternative you could use paper. Yes, indeed.
I have seen bolts in the Armor Museum in Vienna Austria that have paper
fletches. It's been a few years but I believe the paper fletched bolts
were in the same case as the crossbow used to hunt birds so it may be that paper
was used on the lighter bolts. However, if you were to use pergamenta
(modern velum) that would be sufficiently stiff, replicate "paper" (a valuable
commodity in period) and be "historical". The issue with pergamenta or
velum is that it tends to curl depending upon the humidity. On the other
hand that could provide some serious entertainment watching your bolts fly down
range.....................or wherever they ended up!
hahaha</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904002712-29032013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>We had
an individual come out to the range at an event a year or so back who had
fletched his bolts with wood vanes. He constructed the bolts as you have
suggested. That is, cutting a, basically, heart shape out of very thin
wood then cutting a slit in the bolt shaft to slip the heart shape into. I
don't recall that he had end caps on his bolts but he was using a powerful (SCA
wise) corssbow and had no issues. The only issue he had was damage to the
fltetches either from his own bolts hitting them of shafts from the other
archers. The thin fletch wood does not hold up well to a "crowded"
target. One one occasion his bolt sank quite deep into the target and
pulling it from the backside rendered the fletches useless.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904002712-29032013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>cog</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Groff,
Garth (ggg9y)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 29, 2013 8:24 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Archers] Bolt
caps<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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Siegfried,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thanks
much. Your description was my alternative to the slot cut across the shaft. I
suppose it could be done with simple hand tools. That’s pretty much all our
ancestors had. I will have to think about this<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Yours
Aye,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lord
Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Read
“The Tale of Mungo Napier”: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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