ANST-Announce - GUIDELINES FOR APPROVED ARROWS/ABDs FOR ESTRELLA WAR XVII

Master Raffaelle gyrony at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 2 06:09:04 PST 2001 

Forwarded by request of Her Grace, Katerina.....




GUIDELINES FOR APPROVED ARROWS/ABDs FOR ESTRELLA WAR XVII
Gentle Greetings Unto the Combat Archers of the Knowne World,
This missive is to announce that the following task outlined in the TREATY 
FOR ESTRELLA WAR XVII has now been completed:

"The Earl Marshals of the Principal Kingdoms shall publish the definitions 
of Estrella-approved arrows and bolts in all Principal Kingdoms by December 
1, 2000. "

The Earl Marshals of Atenveldt, Caid, the Outlands and Artemisia have today 
published the below listed GUIDELINES FOR APPROVED ARROWS AND ABDs FOR 
ESTRELLA WAR XVII.  For construction details, you should access the web site 
provided by the Earl Marshals.

Please direct questions about these instructions directly to the Earl 
Marshals of the Principal Kingdoms.  Their contact information appears at 
the end of this missive. These instructions will also be available on the 
Estrella War XVII web site (www.estrellawar.org)

I remain in Service to the Kingdom of Atenveldt,

Duchess Katerina O'Callaghan, Pel, LOA
Coordinator of Treaty Negotiations for Estrella War XVII


GUIDELINES FOR APPROVED ARROWS AND ABDs FOR ESTRELLA WAR XVII
Use this Link to access a web page showing construction details for Estrella 
War XVII approved Arrows and ABDs ((Anti Bounce-back Devices):  
http://fellwalker.com/estrella/index.html

The use of wood shafts for any arrows or bolts is specifically prohibited at 
Estrella War XVII.


FIBERGLASS SHAFTED ARROWS:
All shafts shall have a minimum diameter of 1/4 inch solid fiberglass rod. 
All fiberglass shafted arrows shall have blunts approved for use with 
fiberglass shafts, with a cross section not less than 1 1/4  inch in 
diameter.

Acceptable blunts for handbow arrows are: Baldar Blunts, Morak, or UHMW 
blunts.
Standard UHMW, tapered UHMW, Fitz-Rauf, and heavy modified UHMW blunts are 
all acceptable versions of the UHMW blunt.
UHMW Blunts shall consist of a not less than 1 inch length of 1 1/4 inch 
diameter UHMW polyethylene, drilled to a depth of  1/2 inch to accept the 
shaft, covered with no less than  1/2 inch of closed cell foam on the 
striking surface. All cut edges of the UHMW core shall be rounded off and 
the foam shall be of sufficient diameter to completely cover the striking 
surface of the blunt.

All blunts shall be secured by at least two strips of 1/2 inch wide 
(minimum) good quality strapping tape. These strips shall cross over the 
face of the blunt and down the sides, and onto the shaft for at least one 
inch. It shall be secured to the shaft by another strip of tape which wraps 
around it as well as the base of the blunt and the shaft.

All fiberglass shafted arrows shall have a Full ABD (Anti Bounce-back 
Device) with a cross section not less than 1 1/4  inch in diameter.   It 
shall not be possible to force the knock of the arrow or any part of the ABD 
more than  1/2 inch into a legal face guard.

Acceptable Full ABDs for handbow arrows at Estrella shall be: the 1/4 Wedge 
foam ABD, and the 1 1/4" UHMW Nock. Other Full ABDs which have been  
approved for use by the SCA level marshalate prior to the event shall also 
be allowed.

FIBERGLASS SHAFTED BOLTS:
ALL fiberglass shafted bolts shall be the "Fellwalker" ABD bolt design.
NO blunts other than the Heavy Modified UHMW blunt shall be allowed on 
fiberglass crossbow bolts. The use of Baldar Blunts, Moraks, Thistle 
missiles and all light UHMW blunts on fiberglass shafted bolts is 
specifically prohibited.

Fellwalker bolts shall be constructed from the commercial kits or from the 
following specifications:
-All shafts shall be constructed from a 12 inch length of 1/4 inch minimum 
diameter solid fiberglass rod.
-All blunts shall be of the Heavy Modified UHMW Blunt design. This consists 
of a not less than 2 inch long by 1 1/4 inch diameter core of UHMW 
Polyethylene, drilled to a depth of 1 inch to accept the shaft.
-All cut edges of the UHMW core shall be rounded off.
-The striking surface of the blunt shall be covered with no less than 1 inch 
thick by 1 3/8 inch diameter closed cell foam. The sides of the blunt 
centering on the join between the UHMW and foam tip shall be wrapped with 
1/8 inch thick closed cell foam (2 wraps of 1 1/4 inch  wide x 10 inch long 
strip of standard 1/16 inch mailing foam).
-The ABD disk shall be a disk of no less than 1/2 inch thick by 1 1/4 inch 
diameter UHMW Polyethylene rod, drilled 1/4 inch deep to accept the shaft. 
All cut edges of the UHMW disk shall be rounded off.
-The shaft must be taped with and the core, fully assembled blunt and ABD 
must be securely fastened over each end and down onto the shaft with good 
quality strapping tape.

The assembled bolt must additionally be covered with either duct, gaffers or 
electrical tape. It is required that the shaft and ABD be taped in a solid 
base color, and the blunt taped in a bright  contrasting color. It is not 
necessary to tape a contrasting "X" on the striking surface of the blunt. 
Cresting of heraldic colors, if done, should be only on or directly behind 
the blunt, to prevent confusion of which end is the blunt.

Fletching is allowed and may be of any standard method approved for SCA 
combat arrows (feathers, vinyl vanes, card, foam, etc.).  Fletching may 
contrast with shaft color.

GOLFTUBE ARROWS AND BOLTS:
All SCA legal golftube arrows and bolts shall be allowed.
It shall not be possible to force the nock of a golftube arrow or bolt more 
than 1/2 inch into a legal face guard.
The nock end of the golftube should be plugged or reinforced to prevent 
compression. Spray insulating foam is not an acceptable method of 
reinforcing golftubes.
EARL MARSHALS OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGDOMS:

           ATENVELDT EARL MARSHAL
           Duke Mathghamhain MacAlpine
           C/o Matthew Richardson
           PO Box 51
           Gilbert, AZ 85234
           Ph: 480-926-9279
           Email: MattKatie at Worldnet.att.net

           CAID EARL MARSHAL
           Duke John ap Gwyndaf
           C/o Jason Williams
           1722 Mitchell Ave #94
           Tustin, CA 92780
           (714) 505-4066
           Email: IarllJohn at aol.com

           OUTLANDS EARL MARSHAL
           Duke Hrothgar
           C/o Kevin Roderick
           1438 Adams NE
           Albuquerque, NM 87110
           505-260-0325
           Email: dukehrothgar at att.net

           ARTEMISIAN EARL MARSHAL
           HL Connor Tryggvason
           C/o Preston Martineau
           768 E 8425 South
           Sandy, UT 84094
           Ph: 801-561-0690
           Email: CPTConner at aol.com


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