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A Swiss Arrow is a normal arrow but with a small notch 1/3 down from the flight.
You use a cord to throw the arrow and it goes really far(>100 metres)
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Image:Swiss4.jpg
The notch allows you to use a piece of cord to throw the arrow.
How to Throw
- Wrap a piece of cord round your hand.
- Wrap the other end round the notch.
- Hold the end of the arrow at the end of the arrow( make sure the cord is tight)
- Throw the arrow like a javelin.
- The cord should multiply your throw and the arrow will go about 100 metres.
- The cord should stay in your hand and come off the arrow.
Example film. A Man throwing a swiss arrow about 100 metres.
[1] (http://www.marsh74.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/swissarrow/neil.avi)
This video was taken in pencilli castle camp site,
An old man of about 75 was there and he said he made them when he was a child.
He called them duth arrows.
If any one knows any more info on the history of these arrows please add to this
page.
Making a Swiss Arrow
- Find a straight thin stick
- Shave off the bark
- Make a flight out of card cereal box
- Cut the notch
- Sharpen the point, but not too much
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Image:Swiss3.jpg
Please Add photo's if you have made a swiss arrow recently.
Some people also call them Dutch Arrows, if you have any info about
these weapons please add it here thanks.
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