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Finally finished!
Lloyd:
--- Quote from: markinengland on June 23, 2007, 01:11:12 pm ---Very nice arrows. Have you shoot them yet?
I was interested to read in Hugh Soar's Secrets of the English Warbow that the swallowtail was so effective at armour. This head seemed almost as effective in most instances as the bodkin, probably due to the weight as much as anything else.
Mark in England
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Not yet. I'm recovering from a fairly serious neurological problem. I've just started shooting again after 6 months of disability. Right now I can barley handle a #30 recurve. My doctor says I may never draw a heavy bow again, but he's been wrong before and he's wrong now. All my longbows are hanging on the rack gathering dust and casting recriminating glances at me whenever I walk down the hall. ;)
I was surprised to read Mark's armor piecing section in Secrets of the English Warbow. Once I can draw a heavy bow again I intend to try my own experiments, but not with Damascus swallowtails.
Simon, I think the lozenge shaped head was a 9a or something like that. Not absolutely sure though.
SimonUK:
Was it the 9a that they used in the SPTA tests? It doesn't look very flat from the pictures I have of 9a.
Loki:
Do you have a pic of the flat bit?
Mark Stretton was the Archer for those tests,you can buy his armour piercing head from Steves site,it looks similar to a 9a.
SimonUK:
Loki, the only picture of a 9a I could find was the one you sent me. It looks quite square.
I could be wrong about the best piercer being flat, it was something I heard through the grapevine from someone at the Archers of the Tees (which must be near you in fact).
Loki:
Lloyd has some 9a's maybe he'll chime in with the info but i dont think there's a flat spot on them (the tip?),they are three sided kinda like a crossbow quarrel i believe.
--- Quote ---Archers of the Tees (which must be near you in fact).
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Little south of me mate,Darlingtons a bit of a hike for me but looking on there site they have some good shoots coming up.Wand world championship at Raby Castle next month,Raby was the home of the Nevilles, who fought the Scots so well :D.
The shoots after that are open shoots at the Roman forts on the Wall,Segedunun (Wallsend) and Arbeia (South Shields) i might have a drive up to these,i like a shoot with a atmosphere and they look like a good bunch.
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