monty Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 hi, sorry if this is in the wrong place, i couldnt find a better place for it. i was wondering how to make arrow heads like a barbed broadhead, a crecent shaped one a forked one etc and others pictured in the attachment. thanks all help welcome monty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 First you learn to forge; then they are all pretty easy as it looks like those have lapped sockets and not forge welded ones. May I commend to your attention "The Complete Modern Blacksmith" by Weygers and the British Artist Blacksmith Association AKA BABA http://www.baba.org.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake pogrebinsky Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Very cool,Monty,i really like all those.Especially together,they really give an indication of your correct,comfortable vision of the plasticity of iron(i don't know much about the technical ins and outs of arrowheads specifically,but am in a habit of perusing archeological information/examples,just to see the old ironwork.Yours create an identical impression of someone competently and plastically achieving the given goal in iron/steel). Very pleasing to see something like that,good for you,and thanks for this photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronAlchemy Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Monty, I visited Elmer Roush's shop in Brasstown in the spring when I took a class from Dan Miller at Campbell Folkschool. Elmer demo'd doing a socketed arrowhead. About a dozen pictures are posted in my Flickr set for that class. I have included a link to a picture of his final arrowhead but you can see the full series if you follow the link. This was a viking style arrowhead forged in mild steel using charcoal.https://secure.flick...157626535597712 Arrowheads are small and the socket is challenging. You'll know you have great hammer control when you can do these. Good luck, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 thanks for your replies and pictures, i can deal with bodkins and broadheads etc, its just the barbed ones, and the crecent ones, and the twisted ones etc, i thought that the barbed ones may also include a forge weld maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurogane Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Im having trouble ofter the socket to start forming the blade, can anyone help me figure this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Can you help us figure out what sort of trouble you are having? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Yates Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 What trouble you are having? Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I liked the picture of all the different types as it reminded me a Japanese calender picture I saved from many, many years ago that showed some of the very fine arrow heads made for Samurai archers. If I disremember correctly it seems that all of them were tanged not socketed, really long tangs. I wonder why the difference in methods of attachment to the shaft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris john Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 bamboo shafts Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Smith Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I liked the picture of all the different types as it reminded me a Japanese calender picture I saved from many, many years ago that showed some of the very fine arrow heads made for Samurai archers. If I disremember correctly it seems that all of them were tanged not socketed, really long tangs. I wonder why the difference in methods of attachment to the shaft? For starters, Chris is right. Samurai used bamboo not only because it was cheaply available but also because the tang would split the shaft on impact. This would either cause serious trouble for a target because you couldn't pull the arrow out or push it through, but if you missed, your enemy couldn't shoot your arrow back at you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurogane Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sorry Thomas and Samcro, i was not sure what to start after the socket was formed, i got some answers, i make a bodkin and hammer with the head on the tips and draw out the blades and if i wanted a mid rib to hammer off to one side then do the same on the opposite side, correct me if im wrong P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I made this one. Elsewhere in this section are two good videos on technique. I used a scrap piece of small (3/8" 10mm) angle and flattened it out. Then I necked it down about 2 cm from one end to about 1 cm width and peened the 2cm part out into a triangle. After that I rolled that into a cone on a pointed 10mm dia mandrel. After that I just cut it off about 2-3 cm from the necked down part and forged it out into a leaf. A bit of filing and grinding and, as the French say, VAYOLA! :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukellos Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I got a rare case of ambition this morning and forged a pair of tongs for handling socketed tanged tools. They should work for arrowheads as well. I know it's wrong but I used 3/8" (10mm) construction re-bar. I cut the pieces about 12" long (30 cm) and then drew the handles out on the anvil horn. (Hey, I said I felt ambitious!) I hope the pics tell the rest of the story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Those look handy for socket work and rebar is OK. It's not as bad as the purist would have you believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Here awhile back I was looking at an online auction of Roman artifacts from Bulgaria, iron spear and arrow heads, most all of them were tanged also. They were not the wonderful shapes we now associate with arrow heads but more angular diamonds, like they were all made in big hurry. They could have been fake but were supposedly found by "metal detectorist". Seems to be a popular hobby in Europe these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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