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Pre 14thC bulbous English arrows.

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davecrocket:
I have tried to post pictures of the arrow on here but I can`t get the size below 200MB.  So I put them on Photobucket.  I think you should be able to find them.

I could not cut in the fletchings as this would have made the shaft too thin.  I will try again though.  Also I think I will dispense with the shoulder at the start of the fletching with my next arrow.  As you can see, I did not use goose feathers, but bought ones.

The head is homemade.  It is cut out of 3mm mild steel and then shaped.  After heating, I plunged it in oil to harden it.  I then sharpened it.  I then glued and whipped in.  The whole thing weighs 80 grams.

I will try to shoot it soon and I will post the results.  After distance trials I think I will shoot it into a corrugated sheet and then compare with my conventional arrows.  This should also tell me if I need to foot my next arrow.

Dave.

davecrocket:
http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/ww49/davecrocket/

bow-toxo:
Hi Dave,
 Before trying to make a replica I suggest that you find a picture of a Nydam arrow or some mediaeval arrow and then make one that looks something like the picture.
         
                                                                                                Erik

davecrocket:
It was never my intention to make a replica.  (For a start my arrow making skills are not up to it!).
I am interested in the aerodynamics of the bulbous nock.  Also it seems logical that the fletchings sit in a recess as the shaft has to come back up to fatness.  (A bit like old Turkish arrows.)
What I have made is a is more of a model than a replica.
It is possible that no English arrows have survived from the period I am interested in.  I think that if there are advantages in the aerodynamics or release then these would have been exploited.
Dave.

bow-toxo:

--- Quote from: davecrocket on May 09, 2009, 06:17:33 am ---It was never my intention to make a replica.  (For a start my arrow making skills are not up to it!).


--- End quote ---

Sorry, I thought you wanted to make a mediaeval arrow.

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