The big video!
This is the film that Tod, Dr Toby Capwell, Joe Gibbs, Kevin Legg and myself made. The purpose of the film was to show what happens when...
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Aug 15, 20191 min read
The new forge!
And here's the new home of Medieval Arrows - a beautiful farrier's forge with parts dating back to the 12th century, steeped in local...
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Will
Aug 8, 20191 min read
Goodbye Honeybrook!
New premises are a beautiful little 17thC farriers forge and will be much better suited to the business. I'll also be working alongside...
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Will
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Two Mary Rose arrows for Ed Fox
Black poplar shafts tapered to Mary Rose profile MR80A764/34 Cow horn inserts Swan feathers bound with dark green silk into verdigris...
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Will
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Pair of arrows going to a customer and a friend of his for a birthday present.
Ash shafts, tapered to Mary Rose profile MR80A764/158 Cow horn inserts Swan feathers bound with red silk into verdigris compound Two...
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Will
Jul 21, 20191 min read
Set going off to the States.
1/2" birch shafts tapered to the MR82A1892/9 profile Tapered horn inserts Fletchings bound with red silk Type 8 heads
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Will
Jul 21, 20191 min read
Getting on top of orders!
Here's a display set of different heads on 1/2" arrows. Lime shafts with tapered horn inserts Long low fletchings bound with dark green...
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Will
Jun 21, 20191 min read
Sneak peak of the "project"
Dr Toby Capwell, Tod of Tod's Workshop and Joe Gibbs. The arrows are the ones posted earlier, the bow is 160lb and the cameras are...
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Will
Jun 19, 20191 min read
16 fully authentic heavy war arrows to be used in an upcoming project
16 fully authentic heavy war arrows to be used in an upcoming project, featuring some of the leading historical arms and armour experts...
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Will
Jun 15, 20191 min read
Some more blacksmithing
Taking a quick break from arrowsmithing, I've been working on some knife blades. Here's a 12" long late medieval bollock dagger blade in...
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Will
Jun 15, 20191 min read
Arrowsmithing tool work
They say that "need a tool.... make a tool" is the blacksmith's mantra, and I've been living up to that today! Here are a few...
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Will
Jun 14, 20191 min read
Wrought iron heavy war bodkins
Here's 16 wrought iron arrowheads, copies of Museum of London head 7568. The "shiny" heads are the iron in it's raw, cleaned form and...
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Will
May 7, 20191 min read
Large order of heads
13 1/2" Winchester M2s, 3/8" and 1/2" MoL Type 16s, 11/32" H3 and some 1/2" Type 10s. Phew!
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Will
May 2, 20191 min read
Full sheaf of military arrows
This is the first of three big sets of arrows heading off to the USA. The next set will be another full sheaf, and the last set is a ...
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Will
Apr 25, 20192 min read
The finished Valsgarde arrows
This is a set of replicas of the arrows found in the Valsgärde burials ( namely burials 6 and 8 ) from 7thC Sweden, so they fit between ...
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Will
Apr 18, 20191 min read
Six early medieval arrows
These will have blunts fitted by the customer, who's turning them himself. The arrows are based on the image below, and are 10mm birch...
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Will
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Exciting commission
This is the start of a very exciting commission for author and expert on the Vendel period, Matt Bunker. Hand planed aspen shafts - 6mm...
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