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.

The Ultimate Guide: Custom Longbow & 38 Legendary Bowyers

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Are you someone interested in custom Longbow? Do you wish to make a handmade longbow for yourself? If that is the case, this article will help you know everything regarding this famous medieval bow. Here you will find the best bowyers and even a few fantastic handmade longbows which you can buy immediately. What is…

Medieval Swallowtail Crossbow Bolts Don’t Work

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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…

Why Were Short Swords Sometimes Better For Military Soldiers?

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Why were short swords issued to some times of soldier in the era of gunpowder, rather than longer swords? Easton Antique Arms: http://www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria

Longbow from ArcheyBowman – Unboxing

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Thrand receives a powerful English longbow from master bowyer ArcheyBowman from Ebay https://www.ebay.com/str/archeybowman the man who made the 105# bow from the popular video ” Warbow / English Longbow Vs Plate, Chain Maille and Gambeson ” https://youtu.be/JqkiKjBQe7U . Special thanks to Archeybowman on Ebay for excellent English Longbow! https://www.ebay.com/str/archeybowman/ Special Thanks to Brad Lynn for…

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How to remove medieval arrows (and more about crescent heads)

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How do you remove a medieval arrow head stuck in your body and what the heck are those crescent shaped heads for? This film shows you how to get a barbed arrow head out and explains (I think) what the curved arrow heads were for. Many thanks to Max Albertz for providing the reference for…

Six Medieval Arrow Types – What are they for?

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Tod of todsworkshop.com discusses six medieval arrow head forms. How and why they were used with the English Longbow in Medieval Britain. If you are interested in medieval reproductions my commission work can be found at www.todsworkshop.com and my budget lines at www.todcutler.com Arrow heads discussed: Plate Cutter Needle Bodkin Barbed type 16 Leaf shape…