Making A Whistling Head?
Does anyone have any good instructions/ pictures for making period whistling arrowheads? I was planning on trying to use horn, maybe bone.
Evan
Evan
I would try to make some wooden arrow heads first. If you have a lathe, it is easy to make them in two pieces and glue the halves together. Even without a lathe, you can drill out larger holes to make ther interior and shape the outside with a rasp.
Thanks, I hadn't though about using wood first, I should have.
I will definitely try that first.
I do have a lathe.
When you say in two pieces, would you recommend having the seam vertically (along the shaft), or horizontally (across the shaft).
Evan
I will definitely try that first.
I do have a lathe.
When you say in two pieces, would you recommend having the seam vertically (along the shaft), or horizontally (across the shaft).
Evan
Most surviving multi-part whistling arrowheads have a horizontal join. The are often made like two cups jointed together.
There is a Japanese one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y., that has a vertical join and hinges. It opens out and has a landscape carved inside. I don't think it was meant to be shot.
There is a Japanese one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y., that has a vertical join and hinges. It opens out and has a landscape carved inside. I don't think it was meant to be shot.