[Ansteorra-archery] Arrow materials

[Bob Dewart]

That doesn't sound like a purformance criteria to me.  How about a bit more
specific?

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eadric Anstapa" <eadric at scabrewer.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Arrow materials


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Robinbowmaker at aol.com>
> >  Well, I just browsed your Baronbows page and thought it was excellent.
> >  I do have a few more questions though. What, in the Society's opinion,
> >  constitutes a "safe" arrow shaft. Are we looking for something that
will
> >  NOT break under combat conditions, something that is UNLIKELY to
> >  break under combat conditions, or something that will break but in a
> >  SAFE manner? I need to have a better idea of what is being looked for
> >  before I start spending time and money.
> >  Robin
>
>
> Well,  we certainly aren't looking for something that WILL break.  Why
look
> for something that you know WILL break?  We already have that.
>
> Of course anything will break if abused enough but ideally we want
something
> that is as rugged as possible.
>
> Any proposed alternatives definitely need break safely when they do break.
>
> Please keep in mind that any proposed alternatives, no matter how safe
they
> are or how good they are, have no guarantee that they will be approved.
> There is a big push right now from the Society Earl Marshal all the way
down
> to little pissant marshals like me to simplify and standardize the rules.
> It is starting to become a big problem that the rules have fractured
across
> the society.  Across the kingdoms there are pretty radically different
rules
> in what is allowed and what isn't allowed regarding
> construction/armor/weapons and big differences in combat conventions and
> blow calling.  This is starting to get to be a problem at a interkingdom
> events and when people move from one kingdom to the other.  At any
> interkingdom event there are always big arguments about what is allowed
> where and what will be allowed at the event and even once there are
> agreements you always have the problems of people just doing anyway
whatever
> is allowed in their own kingdom.
>
> There is no desire at the society level or just about anywhere else to
make
> things more complex.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lord Eadric Anstapa
> Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
>
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