Re: Suspension of Certain Combat Arrows

[Julien de Montfort <julien@spiaggia.org>]

Poster: Julien de Montfort <julien@spiaggia.org>

> > Ahh! Quite possible, but wouldn't the fletching also keep the end
>from
> > coming all the way through?
>
> No.
>
> Feather fletching will easily bend the wrong way under any significant
> pressure. Even plastic fletching is made to fold to the side slightly
>and
> get out of the way of obstacles.

And even beyond that, I doubt most fletching is of sufficient diameter
to prevent a nock from entering a grill even if they were not flexible.

Julien

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