Topic: "War Of Arrows" - Manchu arrows

I recently watched the DVD again, and noticed that in all cases, the Manchus used two-fletched arrows. At least, it looks like that.
Would that be historically correct ?
AFAIK, the Manchu knew such fletching, but I can't imagine they used it predominantly.
In the film the fletchings looks straight, and even with helical fletching, it is difficult to shoot and error-prone.

As an aside, the Manchu bows look a bit different than the late Qing dynasty bows I know.
But perhaps their earlier bows were like that.

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Re: "War Of Arrows" - Manchu arrows

I don't wish to spread misinformation, however my understanding is that this is NOT authentic or at the very least not typical. Arguably isolated instances of any one such thing are impossible to disprove, so it COULD have existed, however there are other things (like some of the decorations on the Manchu bows) which suggest that full and total authenticity was not achieved.

I don't mean to be hyper critical, but having watched the film several times I guess I'd just suggest you don't look to them as a resource for historical accuracy.

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Re: "War Of Arrows" - Manchu arrows

I'd ask this guy about all things Manchu (the first name):

http://www.mandarinmansion.com/content/contact

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