Medieval quarrels often had a more ‘square’ head shape to prioritize focusing force and the sturdiness of the projectile head over sharpness. #12, #13, #19, and #21 look to be of that sort.
Some of those projectiles would have been used for hunting, including such ‘tricks’ as heads made to cause bleeding, not to exsanguinate the animal, but to provide a blood trail to track it with after it runs off, or blunt-headed bolts to kill small birds without destroying all the meat.
I can’t speak as to all of them, but…
Medieval quarrels often had a more ‘square’ head shape to prioritize focusing force and the sturdiness of the projectile head over sharpness. #12, #13, #19, and #21 look to be of that sort.
Some of those projectiles would have been used for hunting, including such ‘tricks’ as heads made to cause bleeding, not to exsanguinate the animal, but to provide a blood trail to track it with after it runs off, or blunt-headed bolts to kill small birds without destroying all the meat.