Quick video of me and Tom forging alongside each other
Here's a video clip of myself and Tom from @bigbeynonsblacksmithing working in the forge today. Tom is forge welding a steel cutting edge...
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Mar 27, 20201 min read
More experiments from Tod
This one is fascinating! Based on many of the comments we received after our Arrows vs Armour film, Tod tries waxing a set of my needle...
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Mar 27, 20201 min read
Trio of medieval arrows going off to France
Westminster Abbey replica, on a black poplar shaft with goose fletchings bound into red compound and tipped with an iron forge-welded ...
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Will
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Set of arrows for Jay in the States.
2 birch and 2 ash, all 3/8", with verdigris compound, tapered horn inserts and red silk binding with 3/8" Type 9 heads. 1 1/2" lime...
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Will
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Tod's Workshop film testing crossbow bolts
Here's a new video by Tod focusing on crossbow bolt penetration into fabric armour. The heads used in the video were made by me (apart...
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Will
Mar 13, 20201 min read
Knife and heads!
Rosewood handled late medieval eating knife, and half a set of 50 (fifty!) steel MoL 7568 replicas for... a project.
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Will
Feb 25, 20201 min read
Type 16s
Had a nightmare with these pesky 16s yesterday, so today was all about getting them done! Some of these are Westminster Abbey heads...
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Will
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Mixed set of heavy military arrows for Mark, who commissioned these at the recent ARM trade show.
1/2" white birch shafts, with tapered horn inserts. Swan feathers bound with silk into a verdigris compound and a variety of heads -...
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Will
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Heads and a knife
Little selection of heads ready for a couple of different orders, plus an etched iron knife blade to replace one that mysteriously...
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Will
Feb 13, 20201 min read
TodsBods!
12 Type 7 needle bodkins with 1/2" sockets for Tod of Tod's Workshop and a new Channel 4 documentary with Alice Roberts. We've been...
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Feb 12, 20200 min read
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Will
Feb 4, 20201 min read
Set of commissioned heads for the Glasgow Science Centre
Two Type 14s, a Type 16, Type 13 and a heavy war bodkin / Type 9
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Feb 3, 20200 min read
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Feb 1, 20201 min read
Six 3/8" birch arrows
Long low fletchings bound in green silk and finished with hand forged Type 8 bodkins.
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Will
Feb 1, 20201 min read
Set of six practice arrows
These have my new 1/2" roving or target heads, Type 5 medieval practice heads hand forged in steel.
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Will
Jan 23, 20201 min read
The first of many Migration era arrows with my new heads.
This one is a commission for a customer, a gift to her grandfather. • 10mm ash shaft • Bulbous nock • Four goose feather fletchings • ...
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Will
Jan 21, 20201 min read
Working with true iron
When working with true iron, it's a good idea to test each piece to know its limits (not something you need to worry about with modern...
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Will
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Nice big set of 1/2" tapered military arrows
Lime wood shafts hand planed down to 8.5mm at the nock. Tapered horn inserts and white fletchings bound with red silk, and hand forged...
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