Neighbor sold me a very nice Browning recurve as well as a quiver full of Microflite arrows. He came over today to say he'd found a couple other arrows and that I could have 'em. One is a fish arrow like I've never seen. Maybe it's a very common old arrow, but it was new to me. He thought he'd bought it in Columbus which makes me wonder if maybe it was a very old Saunders product.
It is made of metal, and has an integral barbed head attached to two parallel stainless? rods about the size of a Bic ink cartridge or maybe a bowstring. These are connected/welded? together at the front with the barbed head, in the center, and back at the "nock" end. The gap between the two rods which make up the arrow, is about the same diameter as the rods themselves (about the width of an average bowstring).
When nocked on a string, the two rods lay "flat" on the shelf and then the head is vertical or perpendicular to the ground. There is no fletch. The guy said he'd taken fish including gar with it.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? Is it a collectible or just a novelty? I'm not much of a bow and arrow historian, so maybe this is a common old piece of equipment? Or maybe not? Except for the point it almost resembles a marshmallow cooker. :D
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