In theory though, pulling out most european arrows would cause an exit wound no bigger than the wound it made in entry.
Well, then that definitely excuses some of the fics I've read. Not the Buffyfics though-- you've seen the pointy tips of her crossbow bolts.
Of across Native American's never meet armoured opponent and therefor never developed the need for armour piercing arrows.
Well, there's a cultural difference in our educations. It was damned rare for anyone to be storming a castle in even early America, so specially-designed armor-piercing arrowhead weren't something I was consciously aware of (though I probably subconsciously knew and had read it somewhere, cause "bodkin" sounds familiar... then again to me it also sounds like a hat.)
Incidentlly many Perisan and Islamic surgen did not push arrows through, even triangular ones. They developed a special tool for removing arrow heads, ike a smooth spoon designed to cover the barbs, to prevent extra damage...
I know I've never read a fic where that was mentioned. But it's good trivia. Sounds like a clever invention.
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Wow. You're like an encylopedia. :)
In theory though, pulling out most european arrows would cause an exit wound no bigger than the wound it made in entry.
Well, then that definitely excuses some of the fics I've read. Not the Buffyfics though-- you've seen the pointy tips of her crossbow bolts.
Of across Native American's never meet armoured opponent and therefor never developed the need for armour piercing arrows.
Well, there's a cultural difference in our educations. It was damned rare for anyone to be storming a castle in even early America, so specially-designed armor-piercing arrowhead weren't something I was consciously aware of (though I probably subconsciously knew and had read it somewhere, cause "bodkin" sounds familiar... then again to me it also sounds like a hat.)
Incidentlly many Perisan and Islamic surgen did not push arrows through, even triangular ones. They developed a special tool for removing arrow heads, ike a smooth spoon designed to cover the barbs, to prevent extra damage...
I know I've never read a fic where that was mentioned. But it's good trivia. Sounds like a clever invention.