How to forge a medieval war bodkin arrow head with Hector Cole MBE
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- A quick video I took whilst doing a bow making course at Hector Cole`s workshop. he very kindly gave the students and myself a demo of making a Medieval style arrow head using traditional forging methods. I was a little unprepared so only had time to grab my hand-held video camera, so things are a bit shaky and out of focus in places, but you get a good idea of the speed at which these heads can be made and the sorts of processes involved.
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A pleasure to watch the craftsmanship. Thanks for uploading
Glad to share it with you.
Hector makes it look so simple - when it isn't
Indeed
Wow! That is amazing Sir. A true craftsman and artist.
Sure is!
I had work experience with Hector, best time of my life!
Brilliant, I hope to be doing a new video with him soon.
hey man, u're the good one... it rolls so nice easy, thanks for sharing this with us! 👍👍
Any time!
My longbows are 55 lbw for targets, 100 lbw for roving and 140 lbw for the French! I’ll be trying to make some Bodkins next week on a course. If they’re half as good as these I’ll be thrilled
Good luck.
Fantastic stuff, Hector Cole is the go-to guy for historic arrowheads so it's great to see videos of him
Glad you liked it.
Great Stuff, making it look easy says it all.
Beauty RHL.
He really does doesent he, just editing this video reminds me how hard it is to do what he does.
That was a great video
Thankyou 😉
Glad you enjoyed it
What a pro.
He certainly is.
PS: Your Handy Footage took Us There, Brilliant work, it was,, "Just Like i was There Man!" Nuffing Ruff!
Hector Rules His Realm. Yew Beauty Richardo, I just Lurved this Post.
Thanks Jono.
beautiful flat top to the socket flange. nice work. Or is an angleg elippse stronger. but maybe less impulse energy.
Perhaps ask the man himself, Hector Cole
Remarkable skill, I wonder how long it took to get proficient at doing that, and how many must have been made in the times of war.
Years and lots. I know my stuff.
Aye, thats clear.
I'm very interested in seeing those test shots. Every test of bodkin vs plate I've ever seen or conducted myself the bodkin has failed miserably. To the point historians had to re-evaluate the battle at Agincourt given how poorly they performed. Is there any filming of this test? I am VERY interested!
You would need to talk to Hector about that
Seconded. Every bit of info I've seen has indicated hardened plate armor and unhardened arrow points. The effectiveness relied on sheer volume of arrows, and finding joints or gaps in the armor. Particularly on the horses, not the men riding them. (Not that they never punched through, but that it was rare.)
As a matter of interest, for bulk production, do we know if this work would have been done with multiple smiths in a shop, or individually. With a smith working full speed, how many irons might he have in the fire at once?
We do know from records that many `arrow smiths` were specifically making arrow heads and that's all they would have been doing
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On the 8th day, God created Porsche. On the 9th day, he created me to rag them within inches of their lives!
Great video! Very, very interesting story about what must have been extremely common at one time.
Thanks
How old is that forge? I love seeing bellows still in use
No idea, will ask Hector for you.
Coool...and hot!
Lol
Mr. Cole makes great arrow heads, and I could learn a lot from him, but the armor examples he presented are unrealistic rubbish.
Tell him, not me.