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Hey, I've got a curiosity about your arrow construction. Amtgard arrows have to have the original heads hacksawed off and a coin taped to the now-flat end of the shaft, in order to guarantee that it can't puncture through the padding. And then when I make arrows, I use a technique I learned from another player -- I cut one of those yellow foam practice golf balls in half and tape that to the nickel to make sure that nothing solid-solid ever strikes anyone, and then layer on softer foam on top of that to cushion the impact itself and to make it large enough in diameter to ensure that it can't poke someone in the eye. (Amtgard 5.0 rules use "eye socket" as the weapon diameter requirement instead of putting a fixed 2.5" measurement on it.)