Welcome to Tod's Workshop. In this video Tod talks about the Colletière à Charavines light hunting bow, one of a very few surviving European crossbows from this period (around 1000AD). This is a very simple bow with only a few components. It could be constructed with European woods such as ash and yew and basic hand tools by any "back woods bodger"

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You can skip to each section with the links below:
Roughing the stave    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Tillering the bow    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Making the string    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Shaping the stock    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Making the trigger    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Assembling the bow    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  
Shooting the bow    • Dark Ages Crossbow - Full making process  

Apologies about the poor quality sound towards the end of the video

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