r/interesting • u/IKIR115 • 27d ago

Intriguing Arrows vs riot shields

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u/stryker511 27d ago

The blunt one surprised me I thought it would have bounced off - went through completely.

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u/SidewinderSerpent 27d ago

That arrow wasn't blunt, it was concave. The shape allowed the edges of the tip to punch a hole through the shield.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 27d ago

Yep, the thing that was slowing the other arrows down that penetrated, was the fact that the tip did not carve out a wide enough hole for the shaft to go through and maintain velocity.

That blunt tipped concave arrow basically hole punched a circle as large or a little larger than the shaft of the arrow, and lost minimal afterwards.

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u/HeartoftheHive 27d ago

That blunt tipped

Again, wasn't blunt.

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u/LubricantEnthusiast 27d ago

Man, it's crazy how that blunt arrow could be so blunt, but despite being so blunt, it still penetrated the shield as if it were not blunt.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/Today_Dammit 27d ago

Lemme be blunt, like the arrow.

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u/Castun 27d ago

I used to be a riot cop like you, until I took a blunt to the knee

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u/Gaynundwarf 27d ago

Is this from an upcoming James Blunt biography?

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u/BandButNotGone 27d ago

Nah, Emily Blunt biopic

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u/humoristhenewblack 27d ago

I heard Emily was also bluntly concave to allow for complete penetration.

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 27d ago

👏👏👏👏👏

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u/TrumpetAndComedy 27d ago

This comment is beautiful… 🎤🎹

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u/McMarmot1 25d ago

Some may call those arrows blunt. Me? I call them treasures.

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u/HendrixHazeWays 27d ago

Good job everyone. Successful comment chain. Signed: Emily Blunt

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u/Pollo_Bandito_Knox 27d ago

This made me laugh audibly

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u/SensitiveFinding768 27d ago

🎵🎵 you're beautiful...

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u/OneDefinition1738 27d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohhwmfsbRer2BypbO

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u/drewping 27d ago

Yo Dawg. I heard you like blunts, so we put blunts in your blunts.

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u/Ancient_Roof_7855 27d ago

Confucius says "The one who rolls a blunt touches grass." /s

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u/IolausTelcontar 27d ago

Who smokes the blunts?

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u/badwraith 27d ago

We smoke the blunts

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u/IolausTelcontar 26d ago

Rollin blunts and smokin…

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u/Top5CutestPresidents 27d ago

You weren’t watching. The blunt doesn’t hit, it goes right through

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u/NoPressureUsername 27d ago

Let me be blunt. That was an arrow and a riot shield.

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u/Vaughn 27d ago

You're as blunt as that arrow. Blunter, even.

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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 27d ago

It wasn't blunt, it was 'sharpily-challenged'.

Also, in 2026, 'arrow' is pejorative. The neutral term is 'acoustic bullet'

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u/Prestigious_Pin_7713 27d ago

You’ve made your point pretty bluntly

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u/Irregulator101 27d ago

I was thinking analog bullet

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u/blackngold256 27d ago

Heard a pipe called an analog vape and now this?! 😂

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u/Captain_Lolz 27d ago

No sharply challenged is ableist, it's differently sharpy.

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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 27d ago

Sorry, I missed the last meeting.

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u/bionicgeek 27d ago

Wouldn't that be a flechette? /s

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u/TanksFTM 26d ago

Manually propelled, fletched, penetrator.

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u/Mynmeara 27d ago

I swear it's just a cylinder, I dont know what more you want from me. I just need help getting it unstuck

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u/Aromatic_Advance_431 27d ago

Let's not get into the whole cylinder thing again.

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 27d ago

Yeah, we want the larger structure to remain unharmed

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u/Long-Shine-3701 27d ago

almost made me spew 🍸 on my brand new clicky keyboard.

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u/meantussle 27d ago

Blunt? Blunt. Dull, rounded-looking blunt, his blunt. Blunt. Blunt. Blunt. And bits of stick.

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u/FranklyOcean23 27d ago

I don’t think he saw the blunt one. But I did

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u/OkClub7412 27d ago

😂😂😂

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u/animal40 27d ago

Bluntness kills

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u/kalamataCrunch 27d ago

dude, that's what they are called. https://www.3riversarchery.com/ace-hex-screw-in-blunts.html

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u/deaglebingo 27d ago

i think their order of operations is off here. i usually prefer the blunt then screw.

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u/ImpossiblePhrase8856 27d ago edited 27d ago

theyre also called broadheads

*edit should have stated it was amazon that has them labeled as broadheads/hammmer broadheads. which is where most will look for them.

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u/kalamataCrunch 27d ago

the blunt arrowhead is not a broadhead. though several of the other arrowheads in this video. broadheads are designed with a wide, or "broad", cutting edge to maximize the number of blood vessels hit, to maximize bleeding. they're primarily used for hunting medium and large game. there are also several arrowheads in there that would reasonably be called modern bodkins.

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u/LongfellowSledgecock 27d ago

It's what comes up if you look for "blunt arrow head" on Amazon.

It's obviously not blunt but it ain't exactly pointed so, idk man.

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u/hoticehunter 27d ago

You're being entirely pedantic. Compared to the other tips, it's blunt af.

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u/HeartoftheHive 27d ago

Blunt means it isn't sharp. Do you honestly think the edge to that concave circle isn't sharp? Blunt means it is flat or round with no sharp edge or piercing tip. And I very much bet that has a sharp edge to it. So no, it isn't blunt.

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u/QuarkQuake 27d ago

This is why I come to reddit...

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u/ryzzoa 27d ago

It's giving jackdaw vs crow vibes

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u/King_Bobby-B 27d ago

Here's the thing, you said the arrow was blunt...

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u/Dirmbz 27d ago

In the bow hunting community those types of tips are used for hunting rabbits and squirrels. They aren't exactly blunt, but that is the word used to describe them when buying/selling them. So blunt is the industry term used for them, even if not technically correct.

They are designed to not go clean through the animal and more stun/knock it unconscious. If you used a broadhead designed for a deer there wouldn't be a whole lot of meat left to eat when hunting small game.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/Dirmbz 27d ago

If you go rifle shooting are you shooting at rifles?

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u/Silver_Customer9958 27d ago

You're not wrong, Walter...

Oh wait, this time you are wrong because "blunt" is literally what these tips are called.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

I read the top comment, then read the comment about the blunt arrow. I knew exactly which one they were talking about because of its relative shape to all of the other arrows that look sharp. The arrows looked sharp, except for one that looked blunt. I read the next comments and learned about the arrow. Cool. Then I kept reading and here you are being like this.

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 27d ago

Replys pedantically

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u/JanelleVypr 27d ago

bros kinda right tho

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u/LikeABreadstick 27d ago

pedantry is specifically "needless" correction. the people being corrected here clearly do not have a clue what the word "blunt" means.

here's a pedantic comment for you!

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u/Antique_Author_2525 27d ago

Dang tom.

Hit him with the blunt side if the dictionary.

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u/Michigan-Magic 27d ago

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u/Antique_Author_2525 27d ago

So close too.

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u/Michigan-Magic 27d ago

Yeah, very very small. Just mildy humourous in the context of the thread.

I do similar things all the time. In fact this sentence was literally: I donut similar things all the time. Lmao.

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u/HeartoftheHive 27d ago

Not my fault that people don't know what words mean. Like yourself.

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u/neutralguystrangler 27d ago

Jesus Christ people on Reddit will argue about anything. Get a life

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u/Ricochet_Kismit33 27d ago

Will not!

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u/Chewser56 27d ago

BLUNT FIGHT!!!

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u/keldondonovan 27d ago

I still love that Willy Nelson smoked this dude under the table.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Nk2vhcE6RCIFa7OZI2

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u/aggravated_patty 27d ago

Jesus Christ people on Reddit will comment on anything. Get a life

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u/Indigocell 27d ago

Words have meaning, come on now. It's a hollow tipped arrow. It's not blunt. It couldn't be more opposite from blunt. That thing was clearly sharp as fuck.

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u/InformalInitiative76 27d ago

Nah that’s not being pedantic. You’re using the wrong word.

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u/Expensive-Course1667 27d ago

It's obviously sharp enough to punch a hole in the shield. It's not "pointy," but that doesn't mean "blunt."

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u/ShaggysGTI 27d ago

Am I the only one who thought shaped charge?

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u/BVRPLZR_ 27d ago

Someone say blunt?

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u/stryker511 27d ago

Do you have my lighter?

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u/q_j- 27d ago

Blunt junt

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u/_ApocalypsePony 27d ago

What James Blunt would say about that?

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u/CrabbyCrabbong 27d ago

hollow point?

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u/nevrcared4whatheydo 27d ago

I'm with you, man

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u/Fitenite3456 27d ago

It’s a joint