Archers Chisel Knife

[Longstrider]

I was recently asked to come up with a solution to the problem of a longbow-man needing to occasionally dig arrows out of a hardwood target support. We figured that no matter how well made, and whatever thickness the stock, the weakness would be in a sharp (and therefore thin) point. Digging repeatedly into hardwood and then using a prying action would be the downfall of just about any thin point. A thick point would prove too difficult to get into the wood to be efficient ..... so ...

... I added a 10mm chisel to the tip

Made of 4mm stock, scandi ground, and handled with ebony and 1/4" brass hidden bolts ...




I'm awaiting field test reports from the new owner, but it's an interesting experiment

[CaptainChrissTc]

That looks like a bloody good solution to the problem there. Hope it works as well as it looks it should.

[TallNHairyDave]

Well that should certainly stand up to digging them out!

Certainly thinking out of the box there Ian, nice one!

[Ivan Campos]

Technically speaking, that should work. Nice job!

[etorix]

hm

i think id of put the chiselgrind at the other side of the tip

hold arrow in left hand, insert tip along arrowhead, pry

[hayalan]

that's neat Ian

[Gizmo]

I wonder what the reaction would have been if you'd shown that on April 1st!

[Oane]

I can see that working nice work! any chance of some pics of it in action?

[Richie'66]

I would like to see what the field test reports are like , but I think it'll work just fine. Very inventive.

[tribalbear]

nice idea,interested to see how it does/