Bodkin point
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A bodkin point or bodkin tip is a type of needle-arrowhead, designed to pierce armour, which was used extensively throughout the 1st millennium and first half of the 2nd millennium. In its simplest fo
A bodkin point arrowhead
The skull of a participant in the 1361 Danish invasion of Gotland, with three bodkin points embedded.
Medieval bodkin points from the 1361 Danish invasion of Gotland, displayed in Gotland Museum, Sweden. A couple of the bodkin points have been bent on impact.
Arrow
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An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabi
Traditional target arrow (top) and replica medieval arrow (bottom)
Modern arrow with plastic fletchings and nock
Warring States bronze arrowheads
African bow and arrows in a quiver