I've just made a couple of copper points. Pics later. Rain and wind has stopped play for a minute. The socketed point is pretty tough but it relies on having a shaft about the diameter of the pipe IO'm using. The tanged and barbed points look a bit more flimsy. I wouldn't give them much of a chance if they hit something solid. I'm going to try corrugating one to make it more rigid.
Jerv, you need to use the nodes and binding to stop the split. I've seen amazonian arrows that have a black palm insert that slots in and stops at the nearest node. You can then carry lots of different points and just push the one appropriate to the prey into the arrow. The point is sacrificial but the good news it you probably get the arrow and fletchings back.
Not a good idea for what we are doing...getting the points back from inside a hay bale is going to be a bit of a mission.
Jerv, you need to use the nodes and binding to stop the split. I've seen amazonian arrows that have a black palm insert that slots in and stops at the nearest node. You can then carry lots of different points and just push the one appropriate to the prey into the arrow. The point is sacrificial but the good news it you probably get the arrow and fletchings back.
Not a good idea for what we are doing...getting the points back from inside a hay bale is going to be a bit of a mission.