Four Mary Rose arrows
30" long black poplar (populus nigra) shafts, just under 1/2" at the shoulder tapering down to 8mm at the nock. Tapered cow horn inserts...
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Will
Aug 6, 20181 min read
Fire-welded wrought iron Type 16 heads
Had some time to fiddle this afternoon, so here's a set of 1/2" MoL Type 16 heads forged from genuine charcoal rolled wrought iron.
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Will
Jul 24, 20181 min read
Happy customer!
Just got these brilliant photos from a customer of some of my arrowheads fitted to his arrows. Cheers John!
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Will
Jul 24, 20181 min read
170lb at 30" English yew bow
This is another copy of the same Mary Rose bow I tend to replicate, MR79A0807. It's made from the same tree as 2 other copies of the...
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Will
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Set of heavy roving / field arrows
Set of heavy roving / field arrows. 12mm lime shafts with tapered ox horn inserts White and grey turkey fletchings bound with red silk 6...
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Will
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Set of budget target arrows
Set of budget target arrows for a 40lb bow Spine matched 5/16 Boyton pine shafts Red nocks Red barred and solid black turkey fletchings...
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Will
Jul 21, 20181 min read
Set of arrows for sale
[SOLD] 5 late Medieval military arrows made entirely with traditional materials and methods. Aspen (Populus tremula) shafts, hand planed...
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Will
Jul 19, 20181 min read
Work in progress heavy self yew bow
Sneak peak of a work in progress bow. Currently at 160lb at 28". Might tiller the last 2" but will probably leave it at 28" so it's...
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Will
Jul 19, 20181 min read
Single late medieval military arrow
Black poplar (Populus nigra) shaft tapering from 1/2" down to about 8mm at the nock, with a lovely dark cow horn insert glued with hide ...
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Will
Jul 17, 20181 min read
PhD commission continued
Here's the other three PhD arrows complete. The nocks are fitted with the horn inserts found in later medieval arrows, and the fletching...
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Will
Jul 17, 20181 min read
PhD commission
Here are the first three arrows complete for the PhD student working on osteoarchaeology. The arrowheads specified were a MoL Type 1,...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
First complete order from the new workshop!
Two 1/2" heavy diamond section Type 9s Two 1/2" Type 10 short bodkins One 1/2" swaged M2 head One 1/2" fire-welded Type 16
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Type 13
I was at Hector Cole's workshop recently chatting with him about his lovely Type 13s, and during my week at the Chalke Valley History ...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
New workshop!
Very excited to say that this beautiful forge will be my new office! Twin hearth so I can run proper workshops, and a stunning 300lb...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
PhD commission
The start of a commission going to the University of Edinburgh, for a PhD study into osteoarchaeology, which will involve shooting...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
It's nice to be back at the forge again!
More Type 9 and 10 heads, this time with 1/2" sockets.
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Heads for an arrow extractor!
Type 10 and Type 9 with 3/8" sockets for Ian Thackray, an exceptionally talented blacksmith who has potentially figured out a new...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Chalke Valley History Festival
My home for the week! The beautiful Chalke Valley for this year's history festival. Insanely hot, stupidly busy but unmissable chaos. ...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Five Mary Rose replicas
Shafts planed down to the dimensions of MR82A1757/93, with goose fletchings, cow horn inserts and verdigris compound. These are fitted ...
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Will
Jul 14, 20181 min read
First set complete using the late medieval arrows posted earlier.
These have two different head types. Three have 3.5" needle bodkins with diamond section, and the other three have short diamond section...
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