How to make medieval arrows
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2022
- Ideal for beginners and newcomers to making Medieval style arrows or war battle arrows for your longbow or war bow, this video combines a series of videos in to one long episode, it should give you all the basic info you need to make your own medieval arrows using modern and some traditional techniques, with very little technical equipment needed, see below for the chapters. Want to help us keep our bow making website going and these videos? Please consider helping us pay the costs by using the donate button here, or the `thanks` button under the video.
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00:23 Make a shotting board
11:22 Make your own shafts
16:50 Make horn insert nocks
40:08 How to fletch and bind
01:10:16 How to fit a head
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Things of beauty !
Very kind, have you had a go?
The arrow binding music makes it almost a spiritual journey, dolphins could appear at any moment.
that's really kind of you, I enjoy making it
I’m only a beginner when it comes to archery but I was looking for a way to make my hobby more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Moving away from the plastic arrows of modern archery. Thank you so much for making such an in-depth video on this. I will defiantly be looking into making arrows in this way in the future. It was well explained and really easy to follow, watched the whole thing. Thank you so much!!
Go for it! Thanks for watching the entire video, there are plenty more, please subscribe of you haven't already, take a look at www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk
Thanks for instructions.
You're welcome! are you going to try making some?
Thanks Vry much for the Info,..Sir..🙋✌️👌👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Keep watching
Thank you very much. Thank you.
You are very welcome
Nice medieval arrows! Fantastic job 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing editing work. I have seen most every minute at one time or another over the years but this is an amazing resource for anyone who wants to have it all handed to him or her in one wonderful serving. As always, I thank you for your dedication to the archery community. Your work is invaluable and relevant for the future. Cheers
Wow, thank you! What lovely words!
Thanks for all the tips
You bet!
The neatness would be a hallmark of a craftsman who was probably not a rich nor landed man, perhaps all he would have was his reputation as a craftsman!
The Jedi mind trick! Holy m* Yoda-s***! As Jake exclaimed in "Mallrats".
Great assemblage of videos, I'll need to figure out a cheap and safe way for blunts for the kids. Fresh acorns sort of work. They work loose quickly though.
Oh, and the kids broke the bow, got to make a new one (looking forward to it, the old one was not that great - my first bow! It was bow shaped, nice and almost regular)
excellent instructions. thank yew
Glad you liked it!
You have much patience..my binding loops are much farther apart...approx 3/8 in or slightly narrower... but your are always very elegant...!!👍
You can do it! Practice makes perfect.
I can’t believe I watched all of that.
Lol, neither can I! I hope it was useful?
Yes, it was. Thank you
Great, check out the website if you need anything else www.richardheadlongbows.com
Please I have some doubts. Is it possible to use the shooting board with split wood instead of saw a board? How would one do to make an arrow from split and not so square pieces?
How do you assure the correct diameter as it seems easy to overshoot, you start with a square piece almost of the correct size?
Thank you very much for all your work! I hope I can go to the UK someday and take one of your courses!
@@longbowsI meant saw a board as you did. Split by splitting the wood between the fibers that will not render a perfectly square prism.
I dont make them with split wood, but it wont make much difference as long as you start with a larger diamter than you want to end up with. Try it and see.
Excellent video as always Mr head, one question, what diameter thread do you use for the binding? Have you experimented with luttrel psalter blunts?
Thanks, yes, we did a video on that.
Brilliant video guys...I bought a longbow last year and I've been wanting to make some authentic arrows..there are many videos on CZcams regarding various aspects, but you have put it all into one comprehensive video. So this is the only video I need.. Thanks for " getting on with it " instead of waffling !
This has inspired me to get on with something that I've been putting off for a while !
Big fan !
Thankyou!
Glad you like it, hope it comes in handy. Maybe my website will too www.richardheadlongbows.com
Binding them correctly is the hardest thing to do them to this standard
yes, it can take a while to get them neat, practice makes perfect.
What kind of string do you use?
There a re a few, here are links...www.longbowandarrow.co.uk/red-silk-thread-for-binding-and-whipping-12812-p.asp
and... www.longbowandarrow.co.uk/linen-binding-thread-dark-brown-146-p.asp
I have a fletch template from heritage and i use a roller cutter to cut them, its a Crecy shape for medieval style arrows 6" like those in your hand but I'm just so annoyed when cutting full feathers as the shape never seems to be perfect? Sometimes the fletching's are millimetres out from each other resulting in one looking fractionally bigger than the other!!
I get the same when taping the feather and drawing the lines and then cutting with scissors is this normal? am i just rubbish? or is my OCD going in to overdrive? I noticed you do a make your own medieval kit for 9.99 which i might buy just to test it out but the knock insert part puts me off as I don't have all the tools for that yet.
Hi, cutting anything by hand takes practice, I am obviously unable to know what tollerances you are after, I dont have a problem with the tape method. We do sell precut 6 1/4" medieval style fletches if that helps. The DIY medieval arrow kit has the nock insert in already, you just need to glue it. You only need a saw, I am sure you have one. We can supply shafts with ends already cut etc, just call us, number on the website.
@@longbows thanks for the reply!! I’m going to try the diy kit can I ask what is the shaft? Can I request it be 11/32 65-70 spine?
I would love to give it a go and the fact you sell the feathers pre cut it’s perfect.
Cheers.
Hi, we can probably sort that out, give us call 01225 790452
Just wondering why you don't use polyurethane glue for the horn. Really great video by the way top notch!
2 part epoxy glues well, works well with tools when dry without clogging them and is less brittle than a lot of glues. Thanks for the kind words.
39:35 Quick question: Does the varnish make diffrence towards performance/resistance of the arrow or it is just for cosmetic(appearence)?
Its because the customer requested it, varnish stops them being affected by rain etc.
@@longbows what kind of varnish do you use? I'm using lacquer ~ 1-2 coats, but I'm interested in what someone w/ a lot of experience in historical arrows is using.
I use Ronseal hardglaze, if the cusomer requests water proofing that is.
This video dropped at the perfect time. Got about 126 Port Orford cedar shafts I need to get processed into arrows. Also, wanna commend you on your immaculate thread whipping of the fletches, and just point out even though no one will say it, we all know the people who do like 4 or 5 lazy go arounds of the arrow with the whipping on the fletches should be shot with the poor excuses of the arrows they make, which would probably result in an er doctor trying to pull the fletches that came loose and imbeded in their body due to lazy fletch whipping. At least a properly whipped arrow could be taken out of the target and used again. Hey by the way, do you recommend a material to seal the fletching thread whipping from damage? I've used various clear glues with little success, was thinking of trying water based polyurethane and shellac?
Hi, glad the video has come in handy. I use a very small blob of super glue at the ends of the binding, nothing more.
It's a lot of work but we'll worth it in the end. Also has your binding ever broke once you have gotten to the top of the arrow?
Thanks. No, not with the linen, occasionally with the silk.
@@longbows cool thanks
I think you’d break the arrow before that heavy linen !
I like the final finish to that whipping, damned If I’d do it that way though, I’d just trap a loose loop, carry on whipping and pull the tag end through with the loose loop, done ! good fishing rod technique. And having large fingers easier.
Nice
How are you still suffering the "stay at home thing"? It's halfway through 2022?
As I mentioned at the beginning and in the description box below the video, this is a collection of individual videos made over the past two years.
@@longbows Ah, yes. My apology, excellent video.
Hola buenas , muy buena labor , aunque la opción de pegar la punta....no me convence