Gerhard,
The following explanation was copied from Wade Phillips book "Broadheads 1871-1971"
When Europeans arrived in the New World, the North American Natives still practiced a very primitive form of archery when compared to English archery. However, these Natives successfully used the bow and arrow as an effective tool to secure meat and as a weapon to wage war. Stone was the Native's material of choice for these arrowheads. As these Natives were exposed to the Europeans, metal began to replace stone as the accepted arrowhead material. These metal heads are commonly referred to as Indian Trade Points. Frequently, metal was traded to the Natives as a roughly finished arrow point or the Natives acquired metal in some other form and fashioned into a head. These trade points are generally flat pieces of metal with a two-blade cutting edge and a tang fitting into a slotted shaft wrapped with sinew, wire or cord at the tang to secure the head to the shaft.
Broadhead #9 resembles the design described above.
Broadhead #10 is considered a trade point, I don't know exactly when this design was introduced.
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