Having some fun with the AH-1 Arrowhead

eonXboX360

eonXboX360

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*Note: I`m just a 20 year old guy who had some fun in the forest for 1,5 hours (had more stuff to do unfortunately). My knot skills are very low, just wanted to share my afternoon with you. ;) *

So, I had some hours to kill before i had a date with my girlfriend. And i received my arrowheads yesterday, so i decided to go out in the woods and test my poor skills. I had a good time and learned that i need to try to do this more, because i lack these skills very hard :D.


Alright, alright... less talk...more photo`s :jerkit:

Some death wood i found close to a walking trail in my local forest.
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The izzy + the AH-1
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The Izula taking care of some excess wood :thumbup:
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I have absolutely no idea how to make a good spear (i failed later on, so lessons learned in what not to do ;) ), but i figured this would be a good design.
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I decided to put the arrowhead between the wood so i had to split it, have no other ESEE knife to do this task, so a little blasphemy here in the forum, but i had to kick the A1 in here :D
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By pressing the izula on a lower part i could easily slide the arrowhead between the wood.
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I only had some fishing lure with me, so that is what i used
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Like i said: i`m a knot-noob so i was trying different things out... After yesterday i noticed i still need to gain more knot-skills... Back to the boy-scouts for me :rolleyes:
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So, this is the fail knot:
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First throw on a old sawed of tree
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So the arrowhead moved inside of the wood...
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After the arrowhead moved i carefully slide it back into place. Tis is where i started stabbing the wood around 10 times.
 
And again the arrowhead slided...this time backwards :jerkit:
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Well, i figured i would adjust the holder more, so the izula helped me getting the arrowhead out of there fast ;)
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So, after cutting in the wood some more i already saw this would gonna fail on me. Plus: time was running out already so i did not finish this.
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Well, i read on the forums that some people thought the arrowhead would be a good fire starter as well... so i tried that out.
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I noticed that you need to put a sharp angle on the firesteel to make it work good. The coating of the arrowhead is making contact also pretty fast.

I made 20 strokes with he arrowhead to see how the coating + edge would hold up. And they did as expected, very good

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After wiping the ....well i`m dutch so i dont know the word exactly. It was just the smoky stuff :p
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So that was my fail, but fun afternoon!
 
nice nice, i wish i hade more free time on my hands. and I don't even have a GF, go figure ;)
 
That looks like a great first attempt. I have no idea how I would go about making a spear with one of the arrowheads but maybe somebody else could chime in on the best way. I too am very interested to see how these would work. Looks like a good afternoon in the woods.

eonXboX360 said:
I decided to put the arrowhead between the wood so i had to split it, have no other ESEE knife to do this task, so a little blasphemy here in the forum, but i had to kick the A1 in here :D
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So you know, nobody around here looks down on you for using another brand of knife. Jeff has even told people not to buy an ESEE product if what you have is surviving your purposes at that moment. We are a very skill based group and just like to hear about people getting out and learning and trying new things.
 
yos said:
nice nice, i wish i hade more free time on my hands. and I don't even have a GF, go figure ;)
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Hahaha....well summer is coming pretty fast so who knows you have more time then ;)

Wanderlust said:
That looks like a great first attempt. I have no idea how I would go about making a spear with one of the arrowheads but maybe somebody else could chime in on the best way. I too am very interested to see how these would work. Looks like a good afternoon in the woods.



So you know, nobody around here looks down on you for using another brand of knife. Jeff has even told people not to buy an ESEE product if what you have is surviving your purposes at that moment. We are a very skill based group and just like to hear about people getting out and learning and trying new things.
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Yeah well, i also had no clue on making a spear. But i just gave it a shot and took the camera with me. good thing the forest is like 5/10 min away from my home so :thumbup:

Hahaha, i guess you are right. Jeff and all the other members here are verry honest and they dont give a thing about what tools you use.
Thanks for your response!
 
Cool post! Primitive arrows and spears were often done like this:

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Depending on what your intended game was, the large shaft on that spear wouldn't penetrate very well because the shaft is larger than the arrow/spear head. I was surprised to see the AH1s had such a straight shaft instead of the more pronounced shape of a standard primitive arrow head. But, they were designed to be used on a smaller pole/shaft. They would work really well as an arrow I'd think.

To help keep the head from rotating you may have to tie it tightly in two locations: at the shaft of the head and up as high as you can go on your stick you're using. Also, if your line is strong enough, you can cut a groove around the pole/shaft where you want your line to lay, make a few wraps, then use a stick to tension it like a tourniquet (twisting it on the stick), then tie it off.
 
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shotgunner11 said:
Good job man!

I'll be doing a pretty extensive write-up on the AH when mine get here.
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Thanks! I will be looking forward to that:thumbup:

adaman04 said:
Cool post! Primitive arrows and spears were often done like this:


Depending on what your intended game was, the large shaft on that spear wouldn't penetrate very well because the shaft is larger than the arrow/spear head. I was surprised to see the AH1s had such a straight shaft instead of the more pronounced shape of a standard primitive arrow head. But, they were designed to be used on a smaller pole/shaft. They would work really well as an arrow I'd think.

To help keep the head from rotating you may have to tie it tightly in two locations: at the shaft of the head and up as high as you can go on your stick you're using. Also, if your line is strong enough, you can cut a groove around the pole/shaft where you want your line to lay, make a few wraps, then use a stick to tension it like a tourniquet (twisting it on the stick), then tie it off.
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Wow thanks allot! I would have never thought about the idea of using a smaller pole! This is giving me some more ideas to go back in the woods tomorrow again :D.
Now that u mentioned/showed this i dont really know thy i used this thick pole. Maybe i was more mindset of a lance etc. But the arrowhead is way to small for that use.
 
eonXboX360 said:
Thanks! I will be looking forward to that:thumbup:

Wow thanks allot! I would have never thought about the idea of using a smaller pole! This is giving me some more ideas to go back in the woods tomorrow again :D.
Now that u mentioned/showed this i dont really know thy i used this thick pole. Maybe i was more mindset of a lance etc. But the arrowhead is way to small for that use.
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We're all about learning around here. I wouldn't want you jabbing me with that thing no matter how you built it. :D
 
Great idea, I was wondering recently if someone had posted pictures of arrows with the ah1 as head.
 
Ever since I saw these for sale I've thought of picking up a few and trying my hand at fashioning homemade arrows. I love traditional archery and even though these aren't really "traditional" they look as if they would work pretty well. Course most people shoot modern arrowheads and modern arrows with traditional bows.
 
Great photo shoot of your new arrowheads. Keep working on your knot and tying skills, you'll figure it out in time.
 
I'd be curious about arrow making with these as the weight might be a big factor. Looks like fish spears might be the common usage. That's all guessing though since I haven't held one YET ! :o
 
great way to try and figure things out - obviously practice is a good thind, but we all need that. :D
Don't ever regret your Falkniven - they're great blades and no one here should fault you for owning one.
good thread, maybe some other folks will chime in with their attempts at using the AH-1.
thanks!
 
Great picture of your A1. Can't wait to see what else comes of the AH-1. Very creative.
 
good stuff Eon :thumbup:
When you're in need of some company in the woods for some hacking and slashing let me know :) That'll be something different than hacking away at the dutch bladesports events...
 
I been thinking of these things for awhile now.

I love the AH design, but i think another one would be a welcome addition. I know I know, yet another idea for RAT to produce, yeah yeah. :D

But what would you all think of a rat tail, course wood screw threaded AH?
 
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