Have any of you tried to forge a medieval type steel arrow head? Most of the ones I have seen illustrated in history books seem to have been made for millitary use for punching through sheet metal armor. I have not seen any specifically made for big game hunting. Have any of you used your own arrow heads hunting? If so, I would like to see some pictures of your forged steel arrow heads.
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Medieval Forged Steel Arrow Heads
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I am sure there are more, but here is the only story I know of a guy hunting with his own hand forged hunting heads:
My knifemaker friend forged out four heads and planned on using them to take a hog on his longbow hunt. These were the triangular shaped heads somewhat like Native American points. Modern mutliblades were the only concession to non-period he'd made in the past.
He put all four behind the shoulder in what should have ordinarily been killing shots.
The pig chased him an 1/8 mile, treed him, and he finally got better penetration pulling out a shaft tipped with modern steel.
He stuck to store bought the next year. 
Don't anyone ask, I won't mention his name.
My knifemaker friend forged out four heads and planned on using them to take a hog on his longbow hunt. These were the triangular shaped heads somewhat like Native American points. Modern mutliblades were the only concession to non-period he'd made in the past.
He put all four behind the shoulder in what should have ordinarily been killing shots.
The pig chased him an 1/8 mile, treed him, and he finally got better penetration pulling out a shaft tipped with modern steel.
He stuck to store bought the next year. Don't anyone ask, I won't mention his name.
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I forged quite a few out of 01 but have never tried hunting with them. They were for a display of medieval arrow and crossbow heads. They are a unique challenge to forge.
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Primitive Archer magazine may have some articles on specifics of making old arrowheads of several styles in the archives.
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I agree, but they wouldn't make any sense without the first one. A couple of the MATRIX versions are pretty amusing too.
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That was funny! Reminded me of Chris Farley from SNL. :thumbup:
(Feel sorry for the pig, took 4 behind the shoulder and still chased him 1/8th of a mile -must have been pissed!
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(Feel sorry for the pig, took 4 behind the shoulder and still chased him 1/8th of a mile -must have been pissed!
).