What's in a Ranger's quiver?
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Re: What's in a Ranger's quiver?
I think, if the forked head hits anywhere but perfectly square on the target, you’re torquing that shaft pretty hard given the off-centered-ness of the split “pointsâ€, for what it’s worth.
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Re: What's in a Ranger's quiver?
Curious, if we combined the metal Y shaped arrowhead with the wood bouncing block in Tod's vid, it should alleviate , the torqueing issue. The bounce will reduce the momentum as will the air resistance on the wood block. The metal arrowhead will also be stronger than a bone head. Anyone up to giving it a try ?Greg wrote:I think, if the forked head hits anywhere but perfectly square on the target, you’re torquing that shaft pretty hard given the off-centered-ness of the split “pointsâ€, for what it’s worth.
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Re: What's in a Ranger's quiver?
That makes a *lot* of sense.Greg wrote:I think, if the forked head hits anywhere but perfectly square on the target, you’re torquing that shaft pretty hard given the off-centered-ness of the split “pointsâ€, for what it’s worth.
... and now I understand why the wire grabby bits on judo points are kinda loose on the point. I bet that helps distribute the torque as the arrow lands.
Hrm.. I could see the bouncy-bit slowing the rotation over water, but trying for a straight shot through woods seems a somewhat different issue.
... maybe only a *very* tiny amount of glue - or even just beeswax - aiming to make things break at the glue joint rather than the wood?
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Re: What's in a Ranger's quiver?
on a slightly different note, I think bouncing arrows would be exactly the kind of thing that a ranger planning to travel by canoe would carryGreg wrote:I think, if the forked head hits anywhere but perfectly square on the target, you’re torquing that shaft pretty hard given the off-centered-ness of the split “pointsâ€, for what it’s worth.
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