-
blowgun (Dutch East Indies, c.1920)
Rivercane quiver with
blowgun darts,
fletched with bull
thistle Demonstration of
Eastern Cherokee blowgun in Oconaluftee...
- Arms of Savonia: Sable, per bend a
drawn composite bow Or
fletched and
strung Argent...
-
Inuit designs, and were
found to
offer superior performance when
throwing fletched spears;
Underwood pointed out that the
Inuit throwers,
built using driftwood...
- is
three fletches,
though as many as six have been used. Two
makes the
arrow unstable in flight. When the
arrow is three-
fletched, the
fletches are equally...
- the head of a
plumbata and a
reconstruction of the
complete weapon: a
fletched dart with an iron head
weighted with lead. The
reconstruction seems entirely...
- 1 in) long,
attached to a
shaft of wood,
typically 30 cm (12 in) long, and
fletched with
feathers or
similar materials to
provide stability of flight. The...
- (перо)
meaning feather,
reflecting the form of
pernach that
resembled a
fletched arrow.
Pernachs were the
first form of the
flanged mace to
enjoy a wide...
-
indication of fletching,
whereas all
other arrows in the
Tapestry are
fletched.
Bernard de Montfaucon's 1730
engraving has a
solid line
resembling a spear...
- work. The
wooden shafts,
threaded to fit the
tapped barrel, were
either fletched as
before or
designed to take a
paper flight. This type of dart continued...
- be a
problem for hunters. Today,
modern plastics may be used instead.
Fletches were
traditionally attached with glue and silk thread, but with modern...
