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Pre 14thC bulbous English arrows.
davecrocket:
I do, but I do not know what they look like. I want to make the arrow that was shot from an English war bow in it`s hayday which I thought would be about between 1066 and 1415 maybe. I could be quite wrong here Erik. I didn`t think any survived (again I could be wrong). I want to keep making arrows but I don`t know what they looked like and more impotantly the principles which made them so much better than spined or Tudor arrows. If I could find an arrow from this period then I would certainly like to copy it, but in the mean time it looks like I will have to keep guessing and trying out different principles like what I have done. Sorry I have been a bit rambling, but I just want ideas to try them out, and you have been very informative.
Dave.
daniel:
check this out
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triton:
I've been reliably informed that bulbous nocks were used in conjunction with a thumb ring.
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: triton on May 11, 2009, 03:40:26 pm ---I've been reliably informed that bulbous nocks were used in conjunction with a thumb ring.
--- End quote ---
In what context ? No Europan thumbrings have been found and the earliest European illustrations as well as written sources involve a two or three finger draw but bulbous nocks were used from the Roman period until shortly before Tudor times, I would think in order to have a safe self nock.
Cheers.
Erik
Jaro:
I simply cannot see Anthony of Burgundy shooting with a thumb ring.
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