Thursday, September 10, 2009

Forging Norse Arrow Heads - Two

This continues the previous days work in the forge. Here I have started with thinner flat stock (primarily 1/8"). Once again the finished forged points are made of mild steel, and have been rough ground to profile and more or less a flat diamond cross section. The image below is a direct scan, the points set on a 1/4 inch grid.


On this table, sizes are in MM / weight in GRAMS
#
MATERIAL
STOCK
WIDTH
LENGTH
BLADE
SPINE
TANG
SIZE
WEIGHT
G
mild steel
3 X 25 (1/8 X 1)
31
130
80
3
50
8 x 3 (straight taper)
35
H
mild steel
3 X 19 (1/8 X 3/4)
24
115
75
3
40
7 x 3 (straight taper)
21
I
mild steel
7 x 12 (1/4 x 1/2)
22
90
55
4
35
6 x 4 (straight taper)
17
J
mild steel
5 x 12 (3/16 x 1/2 )
20
90
55
3
35
10 x 3 (flare & taper)
16
K
mild steel
3 x 12 (1/8 x 1/2)
17
85
45
3
35
3 x 7
(flare & taper)
12
PS - modern arrow points are weighed in grains - 100 grains = 6.5 grams

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:32 pm

    Very Nice. I'm at work right now so I don't have my research in front of me but I think your still using to thick a stock as I cannot see a tanged arrowhead exceeding 22 grams ( that's like 350 grains ). For some reason I have 16 or 18 gauge steel stuck in my mind or about half of what your using.I'll try to get some better info for you.

    Russ

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  2. Anonymous9:06 am

    Only had a little time to go through some of my papers but the heaviest arrowhead I found was 34 grams but it was 155 mm long. The average Broadhead I've gone through is 14 to 16 grams but they all have sockets.

    Russ

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