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25791
Sorry but.... Correction this is an INTERNATIONAL group. Robin Bowman Kingdom of Drachenwald (Western Europe) "We play where your persona lives" ... Email sent...
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robinofdalriada
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Oct 1, 2008
3:42 pm
25792
I need any and all info that you may have on ways to make a workable flaming arrow ASAP modern or otherwise for use in any type of bow including crossbows....
Dave
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Oct 2, 2008
12:42 pm
25793
No TV for me today. All the news dudes are talking about the huge amounts of pork in the bill, including a break for taxes on children's arrows... That $.43 is...
Hobbe
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Oct 2, 2008
12:42 pm
25794
... Back when the Kevin Costner "Robin Hood: Prince of Accents" movie came out, the owner of one of our local archery shops/ranges was asked to perform the...
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calebronsen
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Oct 2, 2008
12:55 pm
25795
... Cloth soaked in a flammable liquid (not gasoline) strapped to the front of the arrow, with some sort of funnel shaped wind guard in front of it. ~Hobbe ...
Hobbe
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Oct 2, 2008
1:20 pm
25796
check out the military channel website, there is show there called weapons masters that did flaming arrow off a roman scorpion. they used a cage like point...
Robert Maddison
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Oct 2, 2008
1:39 pm
25797
Hector Cole in the UK makes a "flame cage" arrow point. Not sure of it's provenance, but I've heard a lot of references to them. Here's a pic: ...
Cian of Storvik
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Oct 2, 2008
2:08 pm
25798
Last time I did a flaming arrow it was not even shot from a bow. In boy scouts, to light a fire by use of a flaming arrow, we did the following. First we...
Scott B. Jaqua
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Oct 2, 2008
2:49 pm
25799
thats the design they used on the show,the history "expert" said it was the pattern used by the romans to burn out the Celts ( the ba****ds) Llywyllyn ... ...
Robert Maddison
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Oct 2, 2008
4:15 pm
25800
Anyone try jet feul? Maybe it will stay lit while the arrow is in flight? Just a thought, never tried but then again the way gas prices are it might be...
Sandra
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Oct 2, 2008
4:33 pm
25801
Greetings, I  would suggest you read  Secrets of the Engilsh Warbow  by Hugh Soar. Published by Westholme publishing   www.westholmepuplishing.com     ...
don intini
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Oct 2, 2008
4:37 pm
25802
A flaming arrow shoot into the ocean was a standard part of the annual Mermaids Tourney held in the Shire of False Isle in the Kingdom of An Tir....
jameswolfden
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Oct 2, 2008
5:16 pm
25803
I think your thinking of Saltpetre ( potassium nitrate) which is an ingredient of gunpowder and is used to make things like incense, rope and cigarettes to ...
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Oct 2, 2008
6:34 pm
25804
I tend to agree regarding using saltpetre. I used to soak cotton rope in a solution of saltpetre and allow it to dry to make slow match. Once lit he slow...
James Koch
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Oct 2, 2008
7:30 pm
25805
<< I have seen documentation for bow quivers with both the string up and the string down, most had the string up. ... Correction, most I have looked at...
Luigi Kapaj
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Oct 2, 2008
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25806
Heck, if you're gonna do that, why not use magnesium :) If you can get it lit, you wouldn't be able to blow it out regardless.... Certainly would make for...
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Oct 2, 2008
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25807
*Angry Villager <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048589/>*: There must be another way of doing the credits. *Fire Marshal <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720890/>*:...
'Merry' Toirdhealbhac...
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Oct 2, 2008
10:30 pm
25808
Dave; There is a picture of some specially-made arrow heads, for use with "flame arrows", in the "Photos" section of the group; for some reason I can't connect...
arturdubh
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Oct 3, 2008
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25809
... I would agree with the magnesium. My suggestion: a strip from a white terrycloth towel soaked in either a) outdoor lamp oil, b) a 50/50 combination of lamp...
Adrian
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Oct 3, 2008
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25810
If you mean these ones, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA- Archery/photos/album/965722480/pic/2050126555/view? ...
jameswolfden
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Oct 3, 2008
2:57 pm
25811
I use a mixture of saltpetre, as I also make my own slow matches for my matchlock rifle, Pine Tar and boild linseed oil in my flaming arrows. I actually use...
DavidP005
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Oct 3, 2008
4:31 pm
25812
Well, a person can, indeed, learn something new every day if they aren't careful. :-) Thanks for the correction -- and for providing it without being ...
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Oct 4, 2008
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25813
Send Thrown Weapon Interkingdom Competition scores to: Arion the Wanderer Dave Peters 7127 Cadmar Lane NW Seabeck, WA 98380 360-830-3418 - no calls after 8 PM ...
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Oct 4, 2008
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25814
I posted a picture of a "cage Fire Arrowhead" in the Miscellaneous folder in the photo section.... perhaps that might give you an Idea ... flaming arrow ASAP...
Andrew
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Oct 5, 2008
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25815
... But when the dung hits the oscillator, those kids will need the skill to procure their own food. An investment in children's arrows is an investment in...
Ben Grant
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Oct 5, 2008
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25816
Greetings archers of the knowne world.? This weekend in central NJ we will be having Ghosts, ghouls, and Goblins.? Its a weekend (Oct 10-12) camping event with...
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Oct 6, 2008
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25817
I notice that there will be Imperial rounds shot at Great Western War in Caid. Can anyone tell me of what an Imperial Round consists? Jon [Non-text portions...
John edgerton
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Oct 6, 2008
6:43 pm
25818
There are a variety of Imperial rounds, it being a general term to cover non-metric distances including the York, American, Hereford, Portsmouth, and others....
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Oct 6, 2008
9:51 pm
25819
this was posted to our kingdom list,thought I would share it Llywyllyn Cool pictures of an Italian crossbow tournament that has been held for the last 500...
Robert Maddison
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Oct 7, 2008
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25820
Thank you. Jon On Oct 6, 2008, at 2:50 PM, <eulenhorst@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John edgerton
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