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Westminster Abbey and Mary Rose replica arrows

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WillS:
Finished these up a few days ago for quite an important customer, and I thought they might be of interest.

The Westminster Abbey arrow is 28 7/8" long, barrelled according to Warbow Wales' specifications (11mm at the head, 11.2mm at the breast and 7.5mm at the nock), fletched with goose primaries and the head is one I forged inspired by the Westminster Abbey head.

The Mary Rose arrow is 30" long, tapered from 1/2" at the head to 3/8" at the nock, with the taper starting somewhere around the middle of the shaft.  Fletched with swan primaries and fitted with a head I forged based on a Museum of London artefact, but also (to my pleasant surprise) pretty similar to the head on display at Winchester Museum in both dimension and form.

Both arrow shafts are made from hand-planed European aspen, and both feature a 1.5mm slip of cow horn, a beeswax and pine resin verdigris compound and the fletchings on both are bound down with pure silk.  Neither arrow shaft is oiled or sealed as there is no evidence of that being done and no need when using aspen, but simply burnished. 

Del the cat:
Very nice work :). The verdigris comound over the binding looks V tidy and effective.
Del

stuckinthemud:
Very nice work, I'd love to get into forge work but too much else to learn! So, is the verdigris a glue to mount the fletchings or a sort of mastic to smooth over the silk?

Ruddy Darter:
Great arrow-smithing WillS, nice work  8).
(I got some verdigris coloured watercolour paint, a very good colour match to yours, I  might cheat some with a p.v.a mix some time :D)

 R.D.

wizardgoat:
Very nice arrows Will

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