Windlass 15th century English two-handed sword: review & cutting

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Windlass English Medieval Two-Hand Sword: https://bit.ly/2BcSfU3 The 15th century English two-handed sword by Windlass is an imposing piece, great value for money and a replica of a type of sword that we have several surviving original examples of. Here Matt Easton reviews the Windlass replica and puts the sharp blade through its paces. The original…

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…

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,…