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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

To preserve more of the meat, I presume. If you gib a bird not much larger than your bolt with a big arrowhead, most of that meat is going to be cut to ribbons and difficult to properly butcher - especially if the bolt penetrates all the way through.