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Spell it right though. >> R-O-G-U-E.
Every cartoon and comic book archer
has this amazing litany of incredible specialized arrows.
Some of them make sense, like an arrow to put you to sleep
or an arrow that explodes.
Then you've got, what, boxing...
Did they ever use the boxing glove arrow?
>> Boxing glove arrow's totally been used,
expanding foam, screaming ones.
One time Green Arrow had one
that just screeched "The Macarena" on impact,
it drove people insane.
>> I know this is all your head canon again.
>> It's head canon, it's head cannon.
>> It all comes back to "The Macarena".
So when we did the flaming torches,
what was the biggest surprise for you?
>> That they took longer to light than I would think.
>> Yeah, theoretically I guess you would have a campfire
that you'd be able to stick it in
and you'd be able to light it up pretty quick.
I couldn't believe how long the fuel burned
before the wick really started to go.
>> Yeah, but think about this though.
If you're an archer and you're trying to light your arrow,
you're going to want that to happen quickly, right?
You can't just sit there and hold it,
and wait, and wait, and wait.
You got to be ready to go. >> Yeah.
>> So I guess that lends some creedence to,
when you see in the movies they've got an assembly line
of people getting the archers,
and getting their arrows ready
and the flaming arrows and all that
but not real aerodynamic, is it?
>> I'm going to guess that there weren't many times
that using a flaming arrow would be very effective.
Maybe if you were seiging a place that was made of wood,
like a fort or something like that
but in general, you're going to want arrows to be pointy
so that they can pierce armor and leather.
>> Yeah, I don't think they'd be very effective
against infantry for instance,
but lighting thatched hut roofs or ships for instance.
>> And of course,
in the case of anything with gunpowder in it,
you would want to fire a projectile
that would explode upon landing.
>> Yeah, so it's good for destruction
but probably not very good for just
regular, every day archery warfare.
>> Yeah, so we're going to make these
the same way that we made the previous torches.
Do you want to talk us through all that?
>> Yeah, we're just going to take,
I would think smaller strips right?
Because we don't want to weigh it down too much.
We've already got some small strips here
that I imagine would be long enough.
So again, we're just going to make the wicks.
>> I would actually prefer that these be wood
because there'll be more texture.
You do run the risk,
you have to tie the wicks really, really tight
otherwise they'll slide right off the front.
>> Oh yeah, I didn't even think about that.
>> And then the other thing we figured out is,
of course the longer it burns,
the more the wick begins to eat itself
so we want to start tying it off from the beginning.
So here, I'm just going to hold this between my legs
and I'm just going to tie it really tight here
and then I'm just going to keep on wrapping it around,
tying it off in successive knots.
>> I'm going to go ahead and puncture it, right?
>> Okay. >> A couple of times.
And still tying it is probably the best idea
but I'm going to do a belts and suspenders kind of thing.
>> There's also kind of a trade off,
this is fire eating talk happening right now,
where you want it loose enough
that it can soak up like a sponge that bacon grease
but not so loose that it can fall off,
because if you do it too tight,
it has a really hard time grabbing onto any of that.
We could almost get away with that just the way it is
because it doesn't have to stay lit for very long.
Maybe what, three or four minutes tops?
>> Oh yeah.
>> Whereas the ones we made before,
they really held onto that bacon grease.
>> I mean, if you think about it,
you're probably not going to be able
to hold this arrow for very long.
You'll run the risk of damaging your bow
or hurting your hands or something like that.
>> Yeah, that's on it tighter than I expected,
that's not bad.
And so I've put a good six, seven, eight knots.
Oh, never mind.
That was what I was afraid of.
This is why on fire eating torches,
we put that crook in there so that that can't happen.
>> Oh right, the crook!
>> I wonder if I could save this.
Probably not without stabbing my hand.
[tense music]
Yep, nope, I'll have to start all over.
I'm going to get a little bit of texture.
By putting grooves in here.
Just sort of making notches in the fiberglass.
>> You know it's likely that there
were probably very specific arrow heads that were used
for when you're using early incendiary weapons.
>> Yeah, and like I mentioned, if this was made of wood
I think it would have held on a lot better.
>> So I have difficulty hitting an arrow
under the best of circumstances.
[arrow strikes]
>> BRIAN: Dude. [laughter]
>> I'm going to imagine that this dramatically influences
the aerodynamics of the arrow.
>> Yeah, we'll test this one with bacon grease.
I guess we have to get it going so well
that we can blow on it and it won't want to go out.
>> Yeah.
>> That'd be a good proof of concept.
>> Yeah, because it's going to be traveling at a high velocity
and that's a pretty high likelihood
of it just going out before it reaches the target.
>> So like we talked about before,
it takes a while for it to get the grease warm enough
that it hits the flash point
to where the fuel is willing to combust
and ideally, you would have a big old fire pit
that you would just have these guys ready to go in.
Give me a steady flow of air
that you would imagine this would encounter
if it was being fired.
>> I don't want to blow anything on you.
[blows]
>> Yeah, that's not... but it is still warm,
so it should relight quickly.
Man, we might have to use an alternate fuel.
If it gets warm enough to burn that fuel effectively,
it's probably warm enough to mess up that fiberglass.
I just realized that neither of us know
anything about fiberglass, do we?
>> Nope, it could be super cancerous.
Like, lots of fumes.
They'll let us know.
>> Yeah, in the comments if there's one thing
the comments are really good at,
it's letting us know why we should be afraid
of everything we do. [laughs]
If it goes... hmm, maybe it will stay alight?
>> I don't know.
>> I don't know, you think that would stay burning?
>> I think it's pretty dicey.
There's only one way to find out.
>> Okay, now we get experimental!
>>> BOTH: Graknar's Revenge!
>> So I guess what, three arrows, three attempts?
One lake of fire.
>> The dead arising from the sacrifice pit.
How does that feel?
>> I feel like an arsonist.
>> It looks awesome.
>> [laughs] Oh this is terrible.
>> I'm kind of regretting letting you do this part.
>> Oh my god.
We're going to stay back far away now.
We only have a few seconds of daylight.
We're going to live or die on this.
I'm going to get this pig goo.
>> You know, bacon grease sounds more appetizing
but pig goo's fine.
>> All right, light me up.
There you go, now hold it on there
because don't forget we've got to heat it up enough
that it gets to the flash point.
The hotter this is,
the better the chance that that flame survives.
>> Man, let's hope the arrow doesn't melt first.
>> Yeah, that's a real thing that might happen.
>> Smells pretty good though.
>> What kind of odds do you give us?
>> Uh, I'm thinking pretty good.
Okay!
>> Okay, fire in the hole.
Begone, vermins!
>> Oh [electronic bleep]!
>> All of a sudden the whole forest goes on fire!
Dude, that pig goo stayed alive.
>> You got this, you ready?
>> Hold on, hold, hold!
All right. >> Evil thing!
>> Oh man, now I'm nervous.
>> The legions of the undead are crawling forth, Brian.
Steel your nerves, remember the face of your father.
>> Oh no, it was too short!
Last one, last one. >> We have one more.
One last shot.
>> I wish I could say I was doing
any of this for dramatic effect.
I'm genuinely terrified right now.
Like, this is do or die.
>> All right, you got it.
The people of Seven Acres Wood are counting on you.
>> All right here we go, here we go.
[screaming]
We stand victorious!
The power of the flame arrows consumes us.
>> I am the god of hellfire.
I always wanted to say that.
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