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 **Arrows** **Arrows**
  
-You can make your own arrows as well - from almost any kind of wood, or even from bamboo. Arrows are most commonly made from hazel saplings, which can be straightened by heating and bending when green. The arrowheads can be made from metal, bone or [flint](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/topics_flintknapping.html), fixed to the shaft with a linen or sinew wrap. Flight are ideally made from turkey or goose feathers.+You can make your own arrows as well - from almost any kind of wood, or even from bamboo. Arrows are most commonly made from hazel saplings, which can be straightened by heating and bending when green. The arrowheads can be made from metal, bone or [[flin:flintknapping]], fixed to the shaft with a linen or sinew wrap. Flight are ideally made from turkey or goose feathers.
  
 Someone who makes bows professionally is called a bowyer; arrows a fletcher; and string a stringfellow. Someone who makes bows professionally is called a bowyer; arrows a fletcher; and string a stringfellow.
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
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 +- [Worshipful Company of Bowyers](https://bowyers.com/) - livery company of bowmakers founded in 1363
 +- [Craft Guild of Bowyers and Fletchers](https://www.bowyersandfletchersguild.org/)
 +- [English Field Archery Association](https://efaafieldarcher.com/)
 +- [National Field Archery Society](https://nfas.net/)
 +- [Society of Archer Antiquities](https://www.societyofarcher-antiquaries.org/) - furthering the study of the bow and arrow from the earliest times
 +- [Mother Earth News](https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/making-cordage-natural-materials-zmaz83jfzraw/) - how to make natural cordage (for bow strings)
 +- [Wildwood Survival](https://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/hunting/bowandarrow/trm/trm3-1pg08.html) - making a bow & arrow
 +- [Primitive Ways](https://www.primitiveways.com/bow_and_arrow.html) - article on making a basic bow and arrow
 +- [Primitive Ways](https://www.primitiveways.com/pig_hunting%20.html) - article on hunting with a primitive bow and arrow
 +- [British Bowhunters Association](https://www.britishbowhunterassociation.co.uk/)
  
  
-## Specialist(s)+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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