Leonardo Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Does anybody know how to forge this kind of barbed arrowhead? Thanks Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hill.josh Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 draw out the bar into a triangle (i would make a square point then flatten it, but there are alot of ways to make the triangle) then cut out the barbs with either a hot or cold chisel. you can tweak the posistion a little after the cut to get it just right and if you want more mass than that gives you, faggot weld it first or take a larger stock and draw out the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 You planning on going hunting with them? They look like poacher arrows in the pictures because the heads are meant to stay in the animal and the shaft fall away. I think I would forge them as suggested. Wicked little arrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hammer Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Heat.... Beat.... Cut.... Curl.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 I am not planning to make them. I am interested on the old technique. These arrowheads were made by a Maasai blacksmith. It seems to me that there are to much material on the intersecction of the shaft and the blades. The barbes also seem to be far behind the point. I thought they were made by forge welding or forging an inverted triangle, folded back, forge weld and cut the barbes. Thanks for you help... Best regards Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I agree with Josh. Make it in one peice. You can make the shaft small enough to drive into the end of the arrow. Post some pix, if you make some. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The barbed heads I have made in the past were two piece ones, forge and cut the socket, forge and cut the head near to size, fire weld, finish forge then grind/file to complete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Heck you could even drill and tap the ends of the little shaft on the arrowhead to fit right into the carbon fiber and aluminum arrows of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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