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Xiao are mostly made of bamboo, the best being 'black bamboo' or 紫竹; zizhu; 'purple bamboo'. Sometimes, the xiao is made of solid wood that has been carved and hollowed out. They can either be made plain, or have a horn inlay at the end and/or various inscriptions along the shaft.
'Pyeonjeon', (aka "(편전)", "Junjun") or aegisal ("애기살" or "baby arrow" or sometimes "mini-arrow") is a short arrow or bolt, shot using a longer bamboo arrow guide called the tongah in Korean archery. The tongah (aka "Tong-ah") allows one to draw a short arrow at a full draw length with a full sized bow, it is an overdraw device.
The joints of the shaft help with the balance. After harvesting, bamboo continues to change in size and shape so it must rest for 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 years after cutting before it can be used. When it has aged the proper time the bamboo should provide a good tight grip around the tang of the yanone.
Traditional target arrow (top) and replica medieval arrow (bottom) Modern arrow with plastic fletchings and nock An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow.A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and ...
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Pandi-ballam - A hog-spear with an iron leaf-shaped blade at the end of a bamboo shaft with a total length of 8.3 feet (2.5 m), of which the blade accounted for 2.3 feet (0.70 m). Panjmukh - Five-headed spear used by the people of Gujarat. Lange - A Mughal lance with a four-cornered iron head and a hollow shaft. Garhiya - May be pike, javelin ...
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The shaft ranges from 120 cm to 240 cm (47.2 inches to 94.5 inches) in length and is oval shaped. The area of the shaft where the tang sits is the tachiuchi or tachiuke . The tachiuchi/tachiuke would be reinforced with metal rings ( naginata dogane or semegane ), and/or metal sleeves ( sakawa ) and wrapped with cord ( san-dan maki ).