Museum commission
Set of arrows commissioned by Buckingham Gaol Museum for an exhibition on the 100 Years War over the summer. They will be accompanied...
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Will
Mar 16, 20191 min read
Needed a break!
So here's a wrought iron, fire welded Type 16
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Will
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Set of military arrows
Six 1/2" lime shafts with tapered horn inserts, brown and white fletchings, white silk binding and short Type 9 heads. One historical...
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Will
Feb 21, 20191 min read
130lb hazel bow
Not made any bows for a while, so eased myself in with a bit of an experiment. This is from a new batch of hazel that I cut last year,...
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Will
Feb 19, 20191 min read
Photography session
I had the pleasure and honour to be photographed at work by Tom Warland, who is doing a fantastic piece called the British Heritage...
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Will
Feb 17, 20191 min read
Two day workshop
Another fantastic workshop complete, this time a full two day course with Fabio, who came over from Italy. On day one we covered the...
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Will
Feb 4, 20191 min read
For sale! Six late medieval military arrows.
Half inch white aspen (Populus alba) shafts tapered to the dimensions of Mary Rose arrow MR82A1892/9. Tapered horn inserts (all ox,...
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Will
Feb 2, 20191 min read
Set of various heads forged today, for a few separate orders.
7 Winchester M2 heads (6 for a set of arrows going up for sale in a day or two and 1 for an existing order) 6 3/8" MoL Type 8 heads 1...
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Will
Feb 1, 20191 min read
Set of six military arrows
• 33" long, half-inch lime shafts, tapered in two stages down to 9mm nocks • Tapered buffalo horn inserts • Hand-forged short military...
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Will
Jan 26, 20191 min read
Brilliant fletching and forging workshop today, with Innis.
• Black poplar shaft hand planed and tapered from a blank • Cow horn hand-split into tapered wedges and glued with fish glue mixed at the...
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Will
Jan 12, 20191 min read
Set of target arrows for a 42lb bow
• 5/16 spine matched shafts (courtesy of thelongbowshop.com - can't get better than these guys for reliable matched shafts!) • Blonde cow...
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Will
Jan 7, 20191 min read
Set of nine matched target arrows for a customer in the USA
11/32 pine shafts Pale blonde cow horn inserts White fletchings bound with red silk Hand forged short Type 8 heads
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Will
Jan 3, 20191 min read
Set of six heavy military arrows going off to Australia for a guy shooting 160lb.
• Torpedo taper 1/2" linden shafts • Tapered dark ox horn inserts • Long low barred and white fletchings • Black silk binding • Long Type...
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Will
Dec 7, 20181 min read
A very autumnal set of arrows!
• 3/8" ash shafts • Tapered horn inserts • White and brown fletchings • Red silk binding • Short Type 9 / 10 heads (diamond section) •...
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Will
Nov 29, 20181 min read
Two very different sets, both going to the same customer!
Six 1/2" lime shafts with tapered buffalo horn inserts, white fletchings, silk binding and hand forged short Type 9 heads Twelve 1/2"...
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Will
Nov 22, 20181 min read
Hemp again...
2.5mm English hemp string on a 145lb English yew replica of Mary Rose bow MR79A0807. The hemp was processed, retted, combed and glued...
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Will
Nov 21, 20181 min read
Another forging workshop complete
Some photos of the most recent arrowsmithing workshop with Andrew and Katja. Andrew got the basic techniques down incredibly quickly, and...
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Will
Nov 12, 20181 min read
More hemp strings
After a chat with a friend, I've been inspired to try again at getting a good hemp string sorted out. For those who've not been ...
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Will
Nov 1, 20181 min read
First two Nydam arrows fletched.
The originals would have been fletched with sea eagle feathers, but I'm using goose for these. The binding is flax, and the pitch is...
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