Crecy Museum Bow & Arrows
Well here it is! The culmination of many months of work, for the fantastic Crecy museum. ______ Five heavy birch military arrows with...
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Aug 8, 20201 min read
Salisbury Museum arrowheads
With Salisbury Museum now open again, these lovely arrowhead display boxes are all ready to go into their gift shop! With clear cases...
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Will
Aug 8, 20201 min read
Big News!
Way back at the beginning of March, I was honoured to have been contacted by the lovely folks at the Musée de Crécy-en-Ponthieu to make a...
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Will
Aug 5, 20201 min read
24 Type 10 bodkins with 1/2" sockets ready to fit as one order.
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Will
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Nice little set of mixed heads going to their new home today
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Will
Jun 23, 20201 min read
Mary Rose and Westminster Abbey replicas, and three 11/32 target arrows with hand forged Type 5 head
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Will
Jun 19, 20201 min read
One big order heading out to New Zealand
Six Mary Rose arrows (MR82A1892/9) in Populus tremula with tapered horn inserts, swan fletchings, red silk and verdigris compound with...
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Will
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Full set of military arrows for a filming project by Tod's Workshop
All of these are 1/2" ash shafts, tapered according to a specific Mary Rose arrow (MR80A764/158) and fletched with long, low feathers...
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Will
Dec 12, 20191 min read
Buckingham Old Gaol Museum Warbow
The Buckingham Old Gaol Museum 160lb bow is now up for sale! This is an English yew copy of Mary Rose bow MR80A0451, made to identical...
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Will
Jan 3, 20181 min read
Spine matched target arrows
These were a brilliant challenge to make - a set of target arrows with matching spine and weight for a 45lb bow, but constructed in an...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Fletchings cut to shape
The goose feathers are now cut to the right shape and size - around 7" long, and 1/2" high is the usual approach. Just got the heads to...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Goose feathers tied to the shafts
The goose primary feathers are now stripped from their quills and bound tightly into the fletching compound using pure, undyed silk...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Verdigris compound applied to the arrows
The lime shafts have now had their fletching compound applied - the usual mix of pine resin, beeswax and copper acetate. I'm going for a...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Hazel selfbow
Finished off a lovely little 70lb hazel bow today, here are some detail photos. The horn sidenocks are made from local cow horn, and...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
New set of authentic arrows in progress
Here's a set of six fully authentic arrows I'm working on for a customer in Canada. The shafts are lime, and are tapered with a torpedo...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Budget roving arrows
Here's a nice simple set of roving arrows as part of my budget line. These are for a fairly heavy bow, so the lime shafts are tapered...
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Will
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Swan fletched military arrows in progress
Here's a set of totally authentic late medieval arrows getting made up to be shipped to Canada. The shafts are lime, and have a strong...
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Will
Dec 18, 20172 min read
Mary Rose museum replica MR82A1892/9
Ok, this won't be everybody's cup of tea (I'm not really sure I like it myself) but here's the first of a set of "super accurate" Mary...
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