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Offline Whitebeam

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Bronze field piles?
« on: December 22, 2012, 05:57:40 pm »
Here's an odd question...

I'm currently trying to make a bow in the style of the local late neolithic/early bronze age for educational use at the Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre (http://www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk/). Whilst the original owner of the bow (look up the 'Amesbury Archer) had flint points (Sutton type b and c), these won't be very long-lived for demonstrating archery to the kids - I'm wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to get something like modern field piles but made in bronze. I know it's stretching the idea some, but it's as near authentic as I can make it ;-)

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Offline Scowler

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Re: Bronze field piles?
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2012, 09:00:11 am »
Thanks for the link.  Pretty cool site.  I'm assuming that the term "piles" means "points" (sorry, I'm only 1/2 english).  If so then I found some brass points on the Three Rivers site here in the U.S. (www.3riversarchery.com).  I know that they are not bronze but perhaps they would work well enough?  Good Luck and Happy Holidays from the states.
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Re: Bronze field piles?
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2012, 09:27:23 am »
Peter, you could try and find out where the scots guy from BBC "Coast" got his made for another programme. He had a 3 sided broadhead style pile in bronze which was absolutely beautiful. In fact I think the programme was about the Bronze Age.....
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Offline Whitebeam

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Re: Bronze field piles?
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2012, 02:04:14 pm »
I will hopefully be attending a bronze symposium again this year at the Ancient Technology Centre, so will ask about then.

Mind you, I've thought a bit more about this and will try to beat some simple conical points out of old water pipe - this will better suit the era of the Amesbury Archer anyway, as he lived in the (very brief) British Copper Age; he had a copper knife at his belt, not a bronze one.

Peter
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Offline Whitebeam

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Re: Bronze field piles?
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2012, 05:52:19 pm »
Ten minutes work with some 15mm heating pipe and a hammer and I have this head, which will  do me nicely.

Note that I just stuffed it onto the end of a raw hazel shaft for the picture - I'll mount it properly later. The bows aren't meant to be chalcolithic period BTW.





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Re: Bronze field piles?
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2012, 07:04:39 pm »
Nice job on the point. Woodland Indians did the same thing in NA.
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