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What kind of wood is it?

Don't want to be the pooper at the party, but straight bows are rather inefficient... Large amount of your force ends up in accelerating the bow limbs instead of the arrow. Doesn't mean that longbows aren't fun to shoot. Just that the advertisement falls a bit short, in global comparison.

I've used a method on a Hedeby style warbow I have, of leaning my knee into the middle of the bow, with the bottom on the ground and then pulling the top part of the bow, slipping the string on. I did this because the bow was made without a second groove for a stringer, so far so good..

indeed, the welsh didn't bring the technology to britain first, but they were the first military proponents of it in the uk and probably the finest. First recorded use of welsh longbow en masse was 633AD, in battle against Northumbria, where king Cadwallon of Gwynedd and his retainers actually killed Ofrid, the son of king Edwin and many of his men, to which the saxons had no answer. 400 years later they faced the same welsh problem when the saxon earl ralph of hereford was campaigning against Gruffydd ap Llewelyn. He also writes in manuscript (abingdon chronicle) that while campaigning in mid wales he marched his army into the welsh mountains in 1055 (11 years before hastings) where his cavalry was engaged in a surprise attack by the welsh forces armed with longbows 'of such power and accuracy that the english were put to flight before a spear was thrown', he lost some 500 men to no welsh losses. The welsh in south wales were employing the longbow militarily as a primary weapon system pre 1066, and the vikings never made any great strides in bow warfare technology at all. Wars with the saxon border and topography of the marches necessitated hit and run tactics, ambush and missile based warfare long before the norman short bows were introduced, and the technology of the longbow had been around since the Neolithic. The welsh 'warbows' were of slightly higher draw weight than the lighter hunting models. And the welsh largely used wych elm. The fact the normans were shocked to witness welsh warbows was recorded in their manuscripts, including the writings of Giraldus Cambrensis and William de Braose. So in conclusion, while the welsh were certainly not responsible for the introduction of the technology to the isles, they are the first recorded use of longbows as a primary weapon system of a fighting force (the welsh of south wales- the north walians were largely spear armed light infantry). Hope this helps. And btw- the 'welsh' element of the video is the style of the bow, their bows are based off the welsh type bows of wych elm/yew construction of the early to high medieval period- not the egyptian style bow of prehistory or the heavier french italian late medieval types which were based off the english warbow, which itself was created as an evolution of the welsh warbows edward longshanks was so impressed by in his invasions of south wales. edwards armies like many later late norman/english kings kept meticulous accounts of what troops they were taking into battle, who their captains were and how much they needed to be payed and fed. The english armies being organised by armies of scribes and quartermasters. Edward had recently completed his successful campaigns in wales, and he had vast new royal holdings in south wales (where the longbowmen came from). And he was naturally impressed by their use against his own troops, and had recently subjugated a large part of the welsh fighting age men's welsh noble employers, so he had a massive pool of combat veterans from his new holdings who were now jobless and he gladly put them to work in ireland and scotland. On the way up to scotland he complains bitterly in his manuscripts about how he has to martial the welsh under their own native officers or they refuse to obey english commands at all, and before he reaches stirling bridge he has to put down a massive drunken riot by the welsh where he is forced to send in his knights, and 80 men are killed before order is restored?!! This may have something to do with the later battle against the scots where the welsh bowmen either accidentally or deliberately fire a volley into the rear of the english knights. For this, the scots allow the welsh contingent of the army to leave the field of battle unmolested! The english don't officially adopt the welsh warbow until 1252, this is after two hundred years of fighting, often disastrously against the welsh longbow! And even when they do adopt the weapon, it takes them a hundred years to train their population effectively in its use, and in the meantime they rely on welsh mercenaries. Hope this helps

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The longbow is a neolithic weapon most likely used for hunting, not warfare. The Welsh used the longbow in great numbers at Crug Mawr and deveastated the Norman army. Once the Norman conquest was complete, Welsh longbowmen were paid to fight in English armies. The Normans saw the power of the longbow and adopted its use in warfare across England.

Very informative. There's a detail I didn't understand. The nail is hammered through the turned wood "egg" and no glue is needed to fix the nail because the green wood will shrink around the nail. But how can be the shaft secured to the "egg"-and-nail without glue?

Nice informative video! Love seeing the past recreated from people's sheds. Did you end up sacrificing the lens/sensor on your camera filming the part on the lathe? Hope it's not too pricey!

The leather patch holding the fletchings in place during whipping is quite honestly genius, will definitely use that on my next batch of arrows.

We already know the answer, we all saw that Tod's video....

great stuff m8, will share this vid in my group

Jeremy, You look younger and younger.....😊 Regards, Denis

Interesting video

Crecy had long disappeared in the rear view mirror by 180 years when the Tudor period began. Medieval (100 years war) should not be conflated with the Tudor period just as the MR archery kit should not be confused with the war arrow and Bow from before. The Anthony roll tells us that the Arrows in the entire fleet were Livery arrows. "Livery is from old French "Levere" meaning a gift that is delivered and these were the arrows supplied by the crown to the great estates for hunting sport and trained generations of bowmen they were well made and expensive compared with the sheaf arrow. They were whipped, waxed with horn inserts and were reuseable. An archer captain from Henry V's army would have gone ballistic if he had the mismatched Mary Rose kit delivered to him on the front line,.Bows of different draw weights and different lengths along with arrows that were bobtail, barreled and parallel shafted and of different lengths with 5", 7" and 8" flights.. God only knows what sort of various strings were supplied. The common theme in military procument from 1338 until Henry VIII is not enough arrows and not enough money. The sheaf arrow was 36" long, straight shaft with short high flights glued on, it was in effect a single use missile. If Edward III's million arrows had been whipped they would have needed 280 miles of expensive thread. Every one seems to think Roger Ascham is the last word in Tudor archery when in fact he was an academic who liked archery. The link below is from a French soldier archer who was alive in the late 1400's .....Enjoy www.archerylibrary.com/books/gallice/

Never insult a man from Gwent from afar, you're not safe.

aww great stuff m8, shame they didnt do a longer piece on the bow and what potential dmg it would have caused

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MRAZ472/19 must've been a big arrow. That barely appears to taper at all.

Would love to buy a hand made recurve bow always grew up shooting bows to find out I have 10% Wales in my blood ❤

Looks like the most authentic version of a medieval arrow from Britain I have seen. Love seeing you go into the wild and use the same natural resources they would have and not even using a jig to fletch. Great stuff

Hiya Jeremy,nice work.How do i get involved in a shoot.I live in Gwent,cheers

Great video! I am looking how to string my longbow with cow horn nocks but can’t figure out how. It doesn’t have the stringing grooves like the one in the video, and I’m not keen on using the push pull method. Any help or stringer recommendations would be a massive help!

"How far, 8, 9 inches maybe?" If that's what your wife thinks, then that's what it is.

Another thing the English stole off us. Now it's mostly known as the English longbow.

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It's not easy to bring the point in a straigth line to the shaft, when the socket isn't forged correctly... I had this problem with some of my handcraftet historical arrowheads. Towton, like yours, but with a slightly more tapered sockets. So I had to whittle the wood a little bit asymmetric to compensate that.

Good idea to fix the point!!!

Hello Jeremy.. I'm so happy I stumbled into your channel. I really miss shooting with you all at warbow Wales . I did see you and Alistair on time team teaching Helen to shoot the longbow. I would love to come along to a warbow Wales shoot with you all even if it is only to walk around with you all and chat. My shoulder knackered not shot for over 3years. All the best to everyone at warbow Wales. keep up the channel love it ❤

I only shoot Irish Warbows...who doesnt know the ILB....muuuuaahahahahaaaa

Very interesting video. I made the mistake of using Elm for a Welsh Longbow....... its Wych Elm that was used. And a superb timber it is......not Common Elm which cannot resist compression .

That's the first side nock I have seen on a reproduction bow ....lovely .

My grandfather always had me bring a thump arrow with me but a rubber tip.

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Very interesting! Should really love to have a few!!

so wouldnt kill in plate most likely, but it sure as hell wouldnt feel good

That was awesome!

Thanks for this tidbit of welsh history. My grandma was Welsh, rest her soul, but also a mariner. This took her to Barbados in 1900. There she met my grandfather, a black man, a son of a former slave.

Beautiful bow❤

Hi! This is so interesting, and I'd love to learn more. Could some version of these bows be fired on horseback, for example? And could a "normal" Welsh person somehow get one back in the day if they wanted? Or was it the kind of thing that you have to wait for a rich lord to get for you?

bastard string was certainly used on crossbows, double nocks are pretty much standard on preserved organic prods. so the method was known.

PITCH NEEDED!

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When King Henry V left for France in 1415 the amount of arrows taken must have be staggering. Those archers who went with him could loose off 12 arrows a minute. Imaging 12,000 archers. Well there's 12,000 12,000 arrows in the air straight off the bat then approximately another 12,000 continuing for a minute. The fletcher must have been working around the clock. Think of the logistics for the arrows alone. Great video thank you

What a load of hyped up cobblers.....some set in the middle of that 'warbow' guys.....Elliptical tiller :)

great series! The only other medieval English arrow i know of is the westminster abbey arrow. do you happen to know where this arrow is currently kept? are there any images of it?

Dont complicate the procress.

Its a very well made authentic arrow but, and it's a big but, it is not a war arrow. The war arrow was 36" built down to price. Since the Mary Rose arrow discovery the Tower of London Inventories from the mid 1300’s have been translated in 2012 from Latin, Anglo Norman and middle English and give a comprehensive view of bow and arrow manufacture, purchase and distribution which now cast doubt on the purpose of the Mary Rose arrows. There were only two categories of arrow, the yard long war arrow and everything else. Everything else was all commercial arrows for hunting, target and flight shooting. Almost all, both commercial and military, were made of aspen (Poplar Tremulus). The flights of commercial arrows were whipped (also known as waxed) and in most cases the heads were pinned, bound or heat shrunk on so the arrow could be removed intact from target or prey, these arrows were made to be reusable and could last many years whereas the military arrowsheads were push fit so as to come apart when trying to remove from shields or flesh and unwhipped as they were considered a single use missile. “In his expenses we find one fletcher paid 6d. a day for 244 days making 300 sheaves of arrows from arighshaftes from stock, feathers (plumis pro pennatione) purchased at 8s., wax for 3s. 4d. and a dog skin for 6d., £6 13s. 10d. in total. This total of 45,744 arrows was therefore assembled at a rate of 187 per fletcher per day; no other source known to the writer gives that degree of detail about the work-rate of a medieval fletcher.” This is @12 pence for 24 arrows, no mention of waxed thread and certainly not enough time to whip even 10% of the arrows. On the other hand we have an order from the Tower for hunting arrows for the King which would be up to 32’ and have had tanged heads and been whipped @6 shillings for 24 arrows. Why were the arrows 36"?......... Kings orders. "One of Edward's first acts after claiming the French throne was to place an order via the King's Artillier in 1338 for 96,000 'yard-long steel-head arrows'. This was followed in 1341 by a massive series of orders placed on multiple English cities to supply 9,100 longbows and 380,000 arrows." From the L'art de archerie published 1515 Chapter 5 we have this......".In order to do my work properly it is necessary that in this third part I should speak of the arrow, as in the first and second I have spoken of bows and strings. You must know that there are only two sorts of shafts (trait), the glued and the waxed.] Waxed arrows are of two kinds, of which one is feathered with the front wing feather, and is only good for butt shooting, and the other which is feathered with the hinder wing feathers, and is both good and favourable for target shooting. And understand that a good round waxed arrow should be feathered from the wing of a swan, except those for flight shooting, of which I will speak later. Many arrows are made and feathered from the wing of the goose, but they are not so good, and are only fit for war arrows. . "There are two sorts of glued arrows, sheaf[ and flight. The sheaf arrows are usually thick, with high swan feathers, cut large, in the same shape as those of flight arrows, and have round iron heads. They are the regular arrows which the English use for butt and target shooting, for they find them, as they are, truer than any waxed arrow. And if you would know what is a sheaf arrow, according to the English, every glued and iron-headed shaft, whether big or little, is called sheaf arrow." *Waxed....whipped with silk.

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I think the two grooves are not decoration but are there to strengthen them with fine twine glued in place.