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I have to say that research is very useful, especially if you're talking about things that might be done in real life.

For instance, in one series I write, I have humans living a mostly nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle, because they are hunted by werewolves and vampires that have access to Modern technology. Well, a question that came to me was; how would such folk make their arrowheads and the like?

Well, I have looked up a few possible options that could be used -

1. Knapping of chert, flint, obsidian and glass (and other such things), for that Stone Age look. Arrows of this sort might be more commonly used for hunting things like deer.

2. The method that Trade Arrowheads, as those used by the Plains Indians, were made. I mean, imagine primitive humans sneaking into junkyards, taking stolen hacksaws, cutting up wrecked vehicles, stealing strips of steel, that they then cut and grind into sharp points, or blades. Arrows, and blades, like this might be used to hunt more dangerous animals - like Greater Wolves, Bears, Cats (idea is that these things are huge, the smallest of which is like the size of a Clydesdale horse), or perhaps as part of tribal warfare among different groups of humans (not all humans get along).

3. Casting the points using Copper based alloys, like Bronze or Brass. This one is more important than you might think. Reason is this - Copper and Silver have very similar melting points (well, the Silver would become a liquid at 1,763 degrees F, and Copper at 1,984 degrees F), and there are even real Copper-Silver based alloys. Now, we all know that werewolves are allergic to Silver, especially if ingested the hard way, but what about vampires? Perhaps we quench this arrowhead (or spearhead, or dagger, or axe head, or, even, sword) in garlic oil, or something like that. Something tells me that's going to hurt a lot.

Lots to think on.

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