Hand Forged Arrow Heads – Bodkin Style (set of 3)

A pair of knives sitting on top of a rug.
A black arrow with a pointed tip.

$39.99

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Hand Forged Arrow Heads

Fresh from the forge!!! High Carbon Steel Arrow Heads (set of three). Great for your kit and / or backpack. Why make a frog or fish gig when you can get this awesome steel arrow head for this great price!!! Packs well and can be easily sharpened to a razors edge. Very unique and simple to use by lashing to any stick or pole. You pick, it comes with a nice burlap sack to carry them in or they store nicely in a steel hinged tin (see pictured options)

Hand Forged Arrow Heads – Bodkin Style (Set of 3)

  • Approx 3″ Long
  • 25 Grams (or 386 grains) weight per arrow head
  • 5/16″ Opening Diameter
  • 1075 High Carbon Steel
  • 60 RHC

History of the Bodkin Style

The name comes from the Old English word bodkin or bodkin, a type of sharp, pointed dagger. Arrows of the long bodkin type were used by the Vikings and continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages. The bodkin point eventually fell out of use during the 16th and 17th centuries, as armor largely ceased to be worn and firearms took over from archery.t has been suggested that the bodkin came into its own as a means of penetrating armor, but research by the Royal Armories’ has found no hardened bodkin points, though only two bodkin points were actually tested, not a statistically relevant number. Bodkins did, however, have greater ability to pierce mail armor than broadheads, and historical accounts do speak of bodkin arrows shot from close range piercing plate armor. Broadheads were made from steel, sometimes with hardened edges, but were more often used against lightly armored men or horses than against an armored adversary.

In a modern test, a direct hit from a steel bodkin point penetrated Damascus chain armor, although at point blank range. Some recent tests have demonstrated that needle bodkins could penetrate all but heavy steel plate armor; one test used padded “jack” armor, coat of plates, iron and steel mail and steel plate. A needle bodkin penetrated every type, but may not have been able to inflict a lethal injury behind plate.

Want to know more about where the bodkin style arrow head comes from? Click here to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodkin_point

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