That's what I saw them try to do on the show . They had split shafts with their shooting machine but could not get any arrow to split from nock to tip "like Robin Hood" supposedly did . Even with the straightest grain arrows , it didn't happen . When any of you can do this , then you can call those TV guys dumb . They didn't need to be archery experts to do this ! Believe it or not , these guys are pretty intelligent !
What we refer to a Robin Hood arrow is one hollow shaft splitting another hollow shaft . Once the 2nd shaft enters the 1st it follows the hollow tubing or the path of least resistance . I had my 1st Robin Hood last summer at 20 yards . In the past two months , I have had 2 more shooting from 11 yards in the basement .