How I Make Medieval Style Arrows for my Longbows. DIY Arrows.

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The heavy English longbow - sometimes called the warbow. What an evocative word, warbow - no wonder these longbows get so much attention. But it’s the arrow that did the damage - whether a man - or the horse he was mounted upon - the medieval longbow arrow was a killer.

I show how I make medieval style arrows for my longbows including hand forged arrow heads and a version of the verdigris/resin coating famously identified on arrows recovered from the Tudor warship Mary Rose.

I don’t attempt to create replicas - I’ll leave that to others more skilled and better informed than I - but my arrows have echoes of the real thing with long tapered silk-bound fletches, verdigris resin fletching resin plus plate-cutting and barbed heads made by Will Sherman of Medieval Arrows.

They can be tricky to make but with some experience the task gets easier - and even reasonably made medieval style arrows are perfect companions for the famous yew longbow.

Natural Pine Resin: Numerous suppliers on ebay
100% beeswax pellets: Numerous suppliers on eBay
Copper acetate: Numerous suppliers on eBay
Full length feathers: Richard Head Longbows & others
Practise arrow shafts/dowels (unspined and ungraded): http://www.plugitdowel.co.uk
Spined arrow shafts: Richard Head Longbows & others
100wt silk: Numerous suppliers on eBay
Hand forged arrow heads and medieval arrows built to order by Will Sherman:   / medievalarrows  
Feather templates: http://fairbow.nl

With many thanks to Mr Rod Parsons for providing the giant noodle archery target and the fletching feathers.

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