Medieval English Arrows

[NobleKnight]

I am gathering information about the medieval arrows in England, and interested in any kind of information in the web devoted to the finds, escavations ets.

Are any articles devoted to that posted in the web?
We are trying to make arrows maximum correct to the original source...
For now we use a kind like BLBS Stadard Arrow - but we still need documents, that will prove that we are right!
The weight, section is the question...

Thanks

[Kae]

Its not on the internet, but a must for any traditional archer:

(kae goes and gets book off shelf)

The Great Warbow, Matthew Strickland & Robert Hardy, Sutton Publishing, ISBN: 0-7509-3167-1

Everything from Hastings to the Mary Rose.

Good Book!

[CPlater1]

Originally Posted by Kae

Its not on the internet, but a must for any traditional archer

Yes it is. http://www.quicksarchery.co.uk/super...hp?product=457

Chris

[Kae]

I meant its not availabe to read on the internet

[CPlater1]

oops. Slight misunderstanding. :

Chris

[simon m]

I just ordered that!........looks excellent can't wait for the postman to come!

[private sponge]

Originally Posted by NobleKnight

I am gathering information about the medieval arrows in England, and interested in any kind of information in the web devoted to the finds, escavations ets.

Are any articles devoted to that posted in the web?
We are trying to make arrows maximum correct to the original source...
For now we use a kind like BLBS Stadard Arrow - but we still need documents, that will prove that we are right!
The weight, section is the question...

Thanks

Just to give you an idea; Mine were.... 31 1/2" long x 1/2 inch in diameter. First 10" parallel, then tapered (from that point) down to the nock, which was 3/8" dia; cut slot (with) the grain of the wood, down to 1 3/4" Glue sliver of cow horn into slot ( araldite) Fish glue if you wish to be accurate to medieval practices, but it don't half pong! Cut (across) the grain for your nock; the wood I generally used was Poplar, (Aspen) if I could get it, but used many others; The fletching, I cut triangular, the height being 1 5/8" at the nock end; maximum! To whip the fletches, the spaces should not be more than 1/8" to 3/16"apart; The BLBS measurements were, and are artificial, when little was known about medieval arrows; Then came the raising of the Mary Rose and the picture changed......somewhat! Lot's we don't know, of course; As has been said, Robert Hardy and Hugh Soar's books will give you plenty of the right kind of information. Hope this helps!

[kernowtom]

check out the prices if you buy it - Quicks £25, Amazon £16.50... if I read the sites correctly. I got it as a present - great book!

[gino]

I made a thread and a powerpoint presentation about a set of medieval arrows I made a month or two ago. The link to the thread is here:
http://www.archery-interchange.com/f...ead.php?t=5098

and the link to download the powerpoint presentation is on that thread.
I used modern technique to produce the arrows (epoxy-resin and superglue for example) but used traditional materials as much as I could (horn-reinforced nocks, feather fletching (bound and whipped) but I'll be using these to shoot with so they needed to be able to stand up to my bad shooting. They look traditional though so that might help. The powerpoint isn't an instruction guide but just a photojournal. If you need an instruction guide then Richard Head supplies a good one.