A bodkin point is a type of arrowhead. In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike, and was used extensively during the Middle Ages. The typical bodkin was a square-section arrowhead, generally up to 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) thick at its widest point, tapered down behind this initial "punch" shape. Bodkin arrows complemented traditional broadhead arrows, as bodkin point arrows were designed to defeat mail armor while broadhead point arrows caused more serious wounds and tissue damage.[1]
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A bodkinpoint is a type of arrowhead. In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike, and was used extensively during the Middle Ages...
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alternative to the broadhead. In a modern test, a direct hit from a hard steel bodkinpoint penetrated a set of fifteenth-century chain armour made in Damascus....
typology. The most common arrowheads in military use were the short bodkinpoint (Jessop M10) and a small barbed arrow (Jessop M4). Longbows were very...
When surgeons tried to remove the arrow, the shaft broke, leaving the bodkinpoint embedded in his skull some five to six inches deep, narrowly missing...
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alternative to the broadhead. In a modern test, a direct hit from a hard steel bodkinpoint penetrated Damascus chain armour. However, archery was not effective...
an antiseptic, crafted a tool to screw into the embedded arrowhead (bodkinpoint) and thus extract it without doing further damage, and flushed the wound...
analysis by Warsaw University of Technology in 2017 demonstrated that heavy bodkinpoint arrows could penetrate typical plate armour of the time at 250 yards...
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to provide a larger cutting surface. Often called simply a "bleeder". bodkinpoint (equipment) – A sharp, pointed arrow head bolt (equipment) – A crossbow...
Agincourt, thousands of French knights were brought down by armour-piercing bodkinpoint arrows and horse-maiming broadheads. Longbowmen decimated an entire generation...
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along with a long shaft to thread and hold a number of beads at a time. Bodkin: Also called ballpoints, this is a long, thick needle with a ballpoint end...
Annapolis. In 1921 refloated the powerboat Maggie C. which had grounded on BodkinPoint Shoal, Maryland. Jessamine sailed in an age when the best navigation...
John Bodkin may refer to: John Bodkin (Warden of Galway) (died 1710) John Bodkin (c. 1720 – 1742), hanged, drawn and quartered for the murder of his brother...
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the Davao Death Squad; his claims' authenticity has been challenged. John Bodkin Adams United Kingdom 1946–1956 0 163 Acquitted in a highly unusual trial...
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field points, and broadheads, although there are also other types, such as bodkin, judo, and blunt heads. Fletching is traditionally made from bird feathers...
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