Lockdown Longbow – Now I have WAR ARROWS!

Accesories, Arms and armour, Arrows, British Isles, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region

The “Lockdown Longbow” is actually a modern compound crossbow that shoots medieval war arrows at exactly the same speed as a 160lbs English War Longbow. Why am I doing this? 1. I am too weedy to draw a really heavy war bow 2. This allows me to run all sorts of tests showing what a…

Medieval saddle: How did they measure the shape of a medieval war horses back?

Accesories, Camp and travel, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Region, Timeline

Jason Kingsley OBE, the Modern Knight, discusses how medieval people may have measured a horses back to fit a saddle and shows how he does it today. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjlDOf0UO9wSijFqPE9wBw/join Credits: Ghost The Mule with No Name Production, Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Production, Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets…

CRAZY idea… War bow archers – turn away now

Accesories, Arms and armour, Arrows, British Isles, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Timeline

I want to test heavy English war bows against different armour types to find out what they can do; but I can’t shoot one…. And the “Lockdown Longbow” was born. An arrow launcher that shoots real longbow arrows of the correct weight, at the correct speeds and I am going to shoot at flexible armours,…

What’s the perfect Size for a medieval longsword? Philippo Vadi’s advice from the 1480s

Accesories, HEMA, High middle ages, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Swords, Timeline

What was the perfect size for the medieval longsword, as used by knights, in the 15th century? Here we look at Philippo di Vadi’s advice. Wiktenauer: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Philippo_di_Vadi Sala d’Arme Achille Marozzo: https://www.achillemarozzo.it/pubblicazioni Windlass English Two-Handed Sword: https://bit.ly/2BcSfU3 Dynasty Forge Bastard Sword: https://www.dynastyforge.com/swords/european_arms/swords/oakeshott_xvia_medieval_sword_the_bastard/ Schola Gladiatoria HEMA – sword fighting classes in the UK: https://www.swordfightinglondon.com Channel support…

Ask the Armouries Japanese Armour

16th c, Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Asia, Bows, Early middle ages, Early modern period, High middle ages, Japan Isles, Knowledge, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Samurais, Timeline

+++ Re-upload with fixed audio +++ Our curator Natasha Bennet answers your questions about Samurai arms and armour, showing amazing objects from our collection and archive. Please comment on your questions and we can get around to answering them! Get our Elephant Plushie here —- https://bit.ly/2RLwK2f To learn more about Japanese arms and armour buy…

Conserving Mail Armour with Scarlett Parry

Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Early middle ages, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Mail, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline, Viking raids

Scarlett Parry discusses her time here at the Royal Armouries Museum and her experiences conserving the arms and armour in our collection, looking specifically at her work on mail shirts. Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries We are the Royal Armouries, the…