Gribshunden crossbow reproduction (sort of)

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In the late 15thC the Gribshunden, a Danish war ship burnt off the coast of Sweden whilst on a mission. In the 1970’s it was found and last year it started to be recovered. During the excavations, parts of a crossbow were found and a collaborative effort between Lund University and Blerkinge Museum asked me…

16th Century Sporting Crossbow with Cranequin

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A film looking at a very late 16th – 17thC sporting or hunting crossbow spanned using an open case cranequin. The bow draws around 550 – 600lbs and has a holly stock with bone and horn detailing. If you are interested in custom work and crossbows look at https://todsworkshop.com If you are interested in budget…

Could this device have changed medieval European history?

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Jason investigates a device that could have been attached to a longbow and tests how practical it would be to use from horseback. Credits: Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE With thanks to Jörg Sprave of The Slingshot Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZlxkKqlvVqzRJXhAGq42Q Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from…

160lbs Longbow vs 860lbs Crossbow – Speed and Accuracy Test

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Shooting a HEAVY medieval longbow against a HEAVY medieval crossbow to look at the speed of shooting and the level of accuracy each of these classic weapons can achieve. How many shots will the longbow get off against the crossbow? Which is more accurate? These trials are very set around a chat between Joe Gibbs,…

Latchet Crossbow – rapid fire historical crossbow

16th c, 17th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, British Isles, Crossbows, Early modern period, Europe, Hydepark, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Rapiers and muskets, Region, Timeline

This style of crossbow was popular in Northern England and Southern Scotland around 1600 and was reputedly used by Border Reivers as a self defence weapon. 280lbs draw weight lever action crossbow giving a rate of ‘fire’ of one every 10 seconds. If you are interested in custom historical replicas have a look at www.todsworkshop.com…

Medieval Archery Blunts

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Demonstrates why medieval arrows and bolts were great for shooting small game and birds with slo-mo footage of melons getting shot with the two types of bolt.

Medieval Swallowtail Crossbow Bolts Don’t Work

Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Crossbows, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, High middle ages, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline

Testing the large hunting heads seen in Medieval Manuscripts Following up from a point in a previous video we try to capture the flight characteristics of a large swallowtail head when fitted to a heavy medieval crossbow bolt on high speed video. The bow and bolts featured in this video are for sale at https://todsworkshop.com/collections/in-stock-historical-swords-daggers-crossbows…

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