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/* Whipping */
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=== Whipping ===
Whipping seems to have normally been done ''Thread wrapped around at least the nock. Other places are before the flight, spiralled through the flight and optionally around flights of the head end to strengthen a tanged arrow headshaft. <br>''
'''Art'''<br>
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'''Archeology'''<br>
* Sinew:<br>
** Oppdal, Norway, dated 400-600AD, on pine shafts (Halpin) or birch (Roesdahl & Wilson) along with resin glue [HALPIN 2008:p.47] [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992:p.249 cat.88]. Used for hunting.
** Femund, Norway, 800-1000AD, birch shaft with tanged head attached by lashing with tendon (sinew), then covered with birch bark. [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992:p.249 cat.88]
** Nydam used birch tar and sinew whipping [BISHOP and COULSTON 1994:p.206]
* Horse hair:<br>
** Roman Dura-Europos?
* Linen:<br>
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*Brass wire:<br>
** Hedeby. Paulsen mentions the use of brass wire to reinforce the tanged arrow heads at Hedeby. [PAULSEN 1999]<br>
'''Discussion'''<br>
Whipping seems to have normally been done around at least the nock. Other places are before the flight, spiralled through the flight and optionally around the head end to strengthen a tanged arrow head. <br>
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''Sinew:''<br>* Oppdal, Norway, dated 400-600AD, on pine shafts (Halpin) or birch (Roesdahl & Wilson) along with resin glue [HALPIN 2008:p.47] [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992:p.249 cat.88]. Used for hunting.* Femund, Norway, 800-1000AD, birch shaft with tanged head attached by lashing with tendon (sinew), then covered with birch bark. [ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992:p.249 cat.88]* Nydam used birch tar and sinew whipping [BISHOP and COULSTON 1994:p.206]<br>''Horse hair:''<br> * Roman Dura-Europos?<br>''Linen:''<br>--<br><br>''Brass wire:''<br>* Hedeby. Paulsen mentions the use of brass wire to reinforce the tanged arrow heads at Hedeby. [PAULSEN 1999]<br><br>
=== Self-nocks ===
'''Art'''<br>