Period-Style Crossbow Bolts
A few people want to have a very correct, period, crossbow bolt, for display, demonstration, or shooting. OldenBolts is now making bolts for these individuals.
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NOTES:
- Due to their heavy weight, these bolts may not fly well from your crossbow, unless it has at least a 125 pound prod.
- Due to the thickness of these bolts, you may need a thicker string, as, ideally, the string should press against the center of the butt of the bolt.
Purchase a set of 4 Period style crossbow bolts with Bodkin points, with natural finish.
- 1/2" thick, straight Ash Shafts
- 4" Solid Maple Vanes, steam formed to correct curve, cut to Parabolic shape.
- Vanes slotted into the shaft with curved slots
- Hand Forged Steel Bodkin Quarrel Points
- Period Finished in Linseed Oil and Beeswax
Price: $80.00 (plus shipping)
Purchase a set of 4 Period style crossbow bolts with Bodkin points, with red stained finish.
- 1/2" thick, straight Ash Shafts
- 4" Solid Maple Vanes, steam formed to correct curve, cut to Parabolic shape.
- Vanes slotted into the shaft with curved slots
- Hand Forged Steel Bodkin Quarrel Points
- Vanes, shaft, or both, stained Red
- Period Finished in Linseed Oil and Beeswax
Price: $90.00 (plus shipping)
General Features
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Shafts: 1/2 inch thick Ash, Straight or Barrelled In this picture, the red-stained bolt is a straight shaft, and the natural color bolts are barrelled shafts |
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(Click on image to see full sized) |
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Points: All Steel All made by us, not in India! |
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Point Styles: Bodkin (available now) Diamond (coming soon) Broadhead (coming soon) |
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Vanes are made of Solid Maple, steam bent to follow curve. (Steam bending makes them much more durable and resistant to shock). |
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Vanes inlet by hand in to curved slots in the shafts. Why? Because that's how they did it. Result: Bolts with excellent spin! |
More Products coming soon! Check back next week!
- Broadhead and other Points
- Barrelled Shafts
- A selection of colored stains