Bow - a special weapon designed for shooting arrows. It is believed that bows and arrows appeared 10 thousand years ago. The first attributes for shooting began to be made by the natives of Africa and South America, however, at first the bow was completely unsuitable for shooting due to poor lethal force. Later, when people became acquainted with the properties of wood and metal, this attribute began to be used for a known purpose. Today, this tool is easy to manufacture even at home. We will talk about the most important element in this hunting set and talk about how to make a tip for arrows.
Why do I need a tip?
Homemade onions are made, as a rule, for entertainment. However, having made a high-quality design, you can get a rather formidable attribute of self-defense. The tip in this type of weapon is of paramount importance. Thanks to the fact that people learned how to make this component of the arrow, the bow helped them get food while hunting animals. It is traditionally believed that the facet shape of the tip has the best penetrating power. For the first time, ancient Scythians began to use such arrows. If you seriously decide to practice shooting, pay special attention to the tips of the bow.
How to make arrowhead?
1. Budget option.
The main requirements for the tip are the streamlined shape, the presence of weight and resistance to the impact force of the shaft. If you just want to practice archery, you can make a tip from a budget material. There are many options from improvised means that are usually available in any apartment, for example, synthetic winterizer, bottle stopper, rubber from the car’s camera.
2. Safe option.
If you decide how to make the arrowhead safe for others, try a piece of construction rubber. To do this, cut off about 45 mm of material, fasten to the boom, maintaining a small gap, which will protect the tip from breaking through the shaft.
Another safe option is to make a tip from a piece of rubber tubing. Its length can be about 20 mm, and the diameter should allow it to be tightly mounted on the boom. The tube also should not be fully inserted, leaving the protrusion of the bow by 10 mm.
3. Traumatic option.
If your goals are more “warlike” and you are looking for a way to make an arrowhead that can stick into a wooden target, try using a regular nail as the material. To do this, make a longitudinal groove in the bow of the arrow, drown a nail into it, wind it to the shaft with copper wire, turn by turn.
4. A solid option.
If you are looking for a more solid bow, the arrows should be appropriate. Take a thin steel sheet for their manufacture. Cut out a triangle with a tail the size of an arrow. Insert the tail into the slot at the end of the boom, fix it with glue and wrap it with kapron thread.
Now you know how to make an arrowhead using various materials. It remains to decorate your bow and arrows so that the weapon acquires an individual style.