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The description seems very interesting, and over in Texas, we have a good use for one... bowhunting season. If your fletching is even a little loose, or the deer is looking in your direction when you shoot, they have the reflexes to actually dodge a normal arrow... a "flea" ought to be a lot harder to dodge.

Referring to this web summation of an article by Nishimura: it being out of Varangian Voice, I'm assuming you've read it once or twice...

http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/Archery/solenarion.html

Russ,
FYI.

http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum7/HTML/005192.html


Mart

No, it's ok. It's a good way to keep my mind active.

Nobody to my knowledge has ever made oone of these, though you might find out if Sven himself ever experimented with it. I don't have access to his URL or email address at the moment, but you could try going for it via my website, which I believe has a link either to it or to the NVG website which links to his.

If you make one, I'd be interested to see the results.

Egfroth

Thanks for the heads-up Ernst: I only noticed it about an hour after I posted, and felt like an ass.

Egfroth, again, my condolences. I'm going to try to put together one of these puppies, and I'll keep you posted regarding the results. I have a friend with a lathe who ought to be able to turn some practice fleas: I'm thinking the central ridge lowers teh overall friction with the guide,compared to a cylindrical shaft.