YANONE from EDO period, ca 1750-1850

[bmoore1322]

Okay i have this arrow head, and just curious about something, would this have been the typical type of arrow head that would have been shot and forget about it, as this seems so perfectly made to just shoot it , and just leave and forget about it, or would they have used a much less worked arrow head.

 

This one seems to have had a lot work put into it, just to shoot it, and for get about it, and are majority of the Yanone this great quality.

 

I believe this to be from the EDO period, ca 1750-1850, and would these also have had an hamon.

 

Thanks

Brian

[ROKUJURO]

......would this have been the typical type of arrow head that would have been shot and forget about it,.....and just leave and forget about it...... just to shoot it, and forget about it..... and would these also have had a hamon.

This is a typical 'shoot-and-forget-about-it' arrowhead, a standard type. I have seen HAMON on YANONE with a flat design but technically it is almost impossible to produce a HAMON in a small and compact piece of steel like the arrowhead shown.

[bmoore1322]

Seems like a waste of an good Yanone, its so small and so beautiful in design, I could only imagine how long it took to produce it.

 

thanks for the info, much appreciated.

 

Brian

[runagmc]

I'm sure they would have re-used them when possible... the same way archers do today.