Historical “petioles”arrow head

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Steel arrow head 45 or U-8
Overall length 6 to 8 cm
Length of tip approx. 4 cm
Thickness of the tip 3 – 3.5 mm

There are two ways of attaching them, depending on the form of the endpiece – as a sleeve or petioles. The sleeved tips were put on the shaft, but the petiole ones were inserted into the end of the shaft. The pike-head and the ramming were made with glue to make them strong. The petiole tips were secured with glue over the top to prevent the shaft from splitting. The end of the shaft was overlaid with a thin strip of birch bark so that the roughness did not reduce the speed and cause deviation in flight.
Sleeve-shaped arrow heads were not typical to Russia and the nomads. The share of them found on the archaeological sites of the Ancient Rus’ is about one percent of all arrowheads found. The remaining 99% of the arrow heads are petiole-shaped.
These were the most common type of arrow heads. This is most probably due to the fact that the production of these arrow heads is much easier and cheaper than that of the petiole ones.
When studying arrow heads it was noted that they have a variety of shapes, depending on the purpose for which the arrows were intended.
The most effective arrow heads for shooting at the enemy unprotected by armour and horses were three-lobed and flat broad arrowheads, which caused wide wounds, heavy bleeding and thus quickly incapacitated the enemy on foot or on horseback. In Ancient Rus arrows with wide cutting tips were called slices

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Price for 1 piece
(for specific models and quantities please contact our managers)

Steel arrow head 45 or U-8
Overall length 6 to 8 cm
Length of tip approx. 4 cm
Thickness of the tip 3 – 3.5 mm

There are two ways of attaching them, depending on the form of the endpiece – as a sleeve or petiole. The sleeved tips were put on the shaft, but the petiole ones were inserted into the end of the shaft. The pike-head and the ramming were made with glue to make them strong. The petiole tips were secured with glue over the top to prevent the shaft from splitting. The end of the shaft was overlaid with a thin strip of birch bark so that the roughness did not reduce the speed and cause deviation in flight.
Sleeve-shaped arrow heads were not typical to Russia and the nomads. The share of them found on the archaeological sites of the Ancient Rus’ is about one percent of all arrowheads found. The remaining 99% of the arrow heads are petiole-shaped.
These were the most common type of arrow heads. This is most probably due to the fact that the production of these arrow heads is much easier and cheaper than that of the petiole ones.
When studying arrow heads it was noted that they have a variety of shapes, depending on the purpose for which the arrows were intended.
The most effective arrow heads for shooting at the enemy unprotected by armour and horses were three-lobed and flat broad arrowheads, which caused wide wounds, heavy bleeding and thus quickly incapacitated the enemy on foot or on horseback. In Ancient Rus arrows with wide cutting tips were called slices

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