ANST - Archer Info

[Carl Chipman]

Talon indeed did find some improperly sealed thistle bolts, and he disallowed them.  As the marshal's proper job he disallowed them and I borrowed some of his.

No unsafe bolt of those I brought was ever fired in the melees.

Jean Paul du Pel

Carl Chipman
Nomadics, Inc.
http://www.nomadics.com

-----Original Message-----
From: RLPortwood at aol.com <RLPortwood at aol.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 6:06 PM
Subject: ANST - Archer Info


>Greetings!
>
>I hope this message finds everyone recovered from 3-Kings!  Perfect English
>weather.
>
>At the event, Talon and I discovered some improperly seated thistle missiles.
>This concerns me not only for the safety of our targets (fighters), but also
>an improperly seated head could do damage to the head itself.
>
>The arrowshaft must be seated in the smaller black 0-ring at the bottom of the
>hole.  One good way to do this is to push the shaft in as far as you can get
>it to go, and then fire your arrows at a wall (brick will do nicely).  You
>will notice that once seated, the thistle head will not wobble on the shaft
>nearly as much as an unseated shaft.
>
>Please double-check your equipment so the Ansteorrean archer is not only known
>as the best but as the safest as well.
>
>Thank you for considering these suggestions.  I look forward to seeing all of
>you chivalrous fighters and archers at an event soon.  
>
>In Service to the Dream and to Ansteorra,
>
>Baron Vallust
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