old field points

[D.Sheppard]

These came with a bunch of old broadheads. They are two piece points that the guy described as having a stove pipe design, they slide together.
He didn't know where they came from and I have never seen this design.

[OkKeith]

So... would the piece on the back be to adjust weight? For heavier points would you add 1, 2 or three to meet the weight you want, or maybe to tune arrow shafts.

Pretty neat.

OkKeith

[PAPALAPIN]

Are they bevelle points with an 5 degree taper, or parallea slip ons.

[D.Sheppard]

Hey Jack,
 They are parallel points with a dome shaped end. While checking them out I noticed that the straight portion of the points are different lengths. They are .45",.50" and .55" long.

[ckruse]

Looks like an old crimped on type head. I don't think they are meant to be 2-piece. I bet Wade can straighten us up on these! CKruse

[Wade Phillips]

CKruse - After looking at the points they appeared to me to just be some 1950s looking field points that were heavily knurled (sp). Looks like one just broke off at the knurling line.

Then I read down and see that you already came to the same conclusion. Great minds...

The knurling machine is a pretty cool little gadget that was used  many years ago to secure target and field points to the shaft, but they aren't used much anymore. The machines I have had, can be adjusted to the depth of the knurling. Someone probably just set the machine a little too deep, then the bowman hit something hard and broke the point.

With the knurling in different places on the points, it might indicate our craftsman was a neophyte knurler (say that ten times real fast without stumbling).