Shudder to think about one of those get stuck in your body

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It was excellent for its day

Robin Hood 90210

Thanks gents that was great!

Ohhh . I NEED a copy of that book . Its history

I have that same flat bow ,

Flatbow, longbow. Call me a purist, but in my opinion, selfbow or several layers, traditional (horn and wood) or modern material (fiber) should be categories in archery competition

I’m listening to a book called ‘How to hunt with a bow and arrow’ by Saxton Pope, written around 1923. He references the seasoning by water method a couple of times. He advocates the traditional seasoning method but gives basic instructions regarding the running water method for the those wishing to speed things up. Given Pope lived in America and learnt a large amounts of bow craft from a native Indian, is it possible the water method is American in origin? It doesn’t seem to be very prevalent among English bow making culture, from what I’ve read at least.

Excelente. From Argentina. Keep going on with archery 😊

Hilarious! Loved the rat jump scare, and the wondrous harp music. Just brilliant! (amateur bowyer here). Can you do another one where you find a stash of good quality draw knives, as I can't get hold of any...

Got it, thanks! 😀 🏹

Beginners need to start somewhere.. we take it for granted at times. 😀 🏹

That looks like a lower leg bone the canon bone. Where it splits into two is the fused metacarpals, and connects to that is two proximal phalanges (the bones in it's toes).

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Are sure that it wasn't 12 cm fletching he asked for ? :) How about the Jinormous Jig, spelling ginormous with a J?

Now I want to know what's inside the book!

great chaneel!!!

I like the book .. Love to have it in my hands❤

Best of the best, I love old school❤

Mentioning the Slezenger bows used in the old black and white series, brings back memories. As a six year old, I watched this on TV in Germany the intro with Robin shooting the Longbow, was my inspiration, how to shoot a bow. I allways say Richard Green was my first archery teacher.

Thanks Boys ...very entertaining!

Wow, Richard was a tank back in the day 😂. Great video, I love listening to you two gassing away.

I'd think that many of the recommendations for draw, poundage, arrow weight, lengths etc. , were correct, considering the materials, methods, and components of the day. As usual, great content and advice.

Those draw and bow lengths seem rather limited compared to today, I think I'd end up shooting into my own hand if I shot a 28 inch arrow.

Great video! I was particularly interested as my wife inherited a boxed Ayers longbow and arrows, I'm guessing about the same vintage as the bows you showed, which I've successfully refurbished with the help of your many videos and supplies. Having finished, I couldn't resist cautiously drawing the bow bit by bit over a period of a few weeks, and I was surprised to find it didn't fail when fully drawn! Thanks for your help with this : )

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Brilliant stuff! All the best for 2025 to you all!

i,d have a bow but have to have a liscence for it and i think i,m to old for that , i hope bows come back in fashion they are more sporting .terry

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How much time it was forgotten?😅

I like yew

Great to see a father and son getting along so well. To have a son learn your trade as well.

Interesting that yew can develop chrysalis. It does have more tension strength than compressive so I guess that makes sense.

Iv made a few edwardian longbows, I would love to make a yew self bow but affording a yew stave is the problem.

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It's been a while... I have a lot of catching up to do.. 😀

It was a load load of Me wood

Holy moly!

Definately not a fletching. The Anthony rolls describe the Mary Rose arrows as livery sheaf arrows which are in the region of 30/32 inches long. These are not to be confused with the Crecy/Agincourt arrows which are an "ell" long, these are 37" long and without whipping or waxing. It is unlikely that feathers were carried for "repairs" as they had nearly five thousand arrows on board. Livery sheafs were counted in 12's. The ships fighting decks would have been manned by 50 musketeers as this was a long range engagement with the French galley determined to keep it long range. The ships captain Sir George Carew had men killed by French musketry while leading a detachment at the siege of Boulogne where the French mocked the English for using bows.

Metric for the lumber dimensions . . . and then Imperial for the length . . . I fail to see why everyone is hung up on the Metric nonsense but one or the other please (preferably Imperial), not mixing both in one project.

Wow a treasure trove 😮

Rat piss is essential to most Medieval Pursuits apparently,it adds a certain je ne sais quoi ! (actually we do know what it is !) bouquet you might call it !

Wow who knew a seed planted so long ago would bear such fruit.

A treasure trove.

Real treasure:-)!