Description
Steel St 45 or U-8
Overall length 3 to 5 cm
Diameter of the sleeve approx. 8 cm
There are two ways to stick the tips on a shaft, depending on the shape of the shaft: sleeve or petiole. The sleeved tips were put on the shaft and the petiole tips were inserted into the end of the shaft. The sleeve and the ramming were made with glue to keep them in place.
Sleeve-shaped lugs were not typical to the Rus and nomads. But in the Kama region sleeve-heads were used from the deep antiquity to the Middle Ages. They were used by local Finno-Ugric tribes. The sleeve tips are more labour-intensive to produce than the petiole tips, and are mainly used with heavy spearguns (e.g. crossbows). Its durability and reliability is ensured by more rigid attachment to the shaft, which excludes, according to some experts, rapid breakage of the arrow when it encounters a relatively hard surface and therefore suggests multiple use.
Despite their very simple appearance without a distinct striking element, these arrow heads were one of the most common types not only in Russia, but also in Western Europe. The spindle-shaped arrows for English longbows were often equipped with these tips.
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