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What is this thing?

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This was given to me by a friend today, who had visited a recent Mardi Gras parade. His girlfriend found it while randomly scavenging around.

It originally had a red rubber band on it, but that ended up cut and lost, hence the regular rubber band to keep it closed. Thankfully it was never used though.

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[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

That is some mall ninja shit.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

It is not. They're for increasing bleed out when hunting to prevent a wounded creature from wandering too far. They're expensive and help prevent animals from getting away.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, this isn't mall ninja shit, this is truly a deadly weapon, more dangerous than a bullet even. I'm familiar with basic modern arrow heads, but this is different. This one, once it penetrates flesh (thankfully this one hasn't), then the wing blade parts flip around and hook into the target, and cannot be removed without ripping way more flesh.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's a loose arrowhead. When it's not attached to a shaft and set on a bow, it's about as dangerous as any short, pointy bit of metal.