Archery, powerful bows and arrows
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http://www.woodlands.co.uk Woodlands archery, powerful bows and arrows. Long bows made from yew were used during the Hundred Years War. Neil Eddiford from Wolfshead Bowmen describes the properties that made yew suitable for the long bow, and how often English yew wasn't used at all. Other woods used for bows were ash and wych elm. He also looks at the arrows with fletchlings of goose feather, a bodkin point or a needle bodkin. These are serious weapons for medieval warfare, and Neil describes the range and penetration power these arrows could have.
Wolfshead Bowmen are a re-enactment group and Woodlands TV met up with them at the Weald Wood Fair at Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum.
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arrows ware the vain of armored units. there are special arrow heads to penerate plate even better. it is mostly the padding and mail that would stop the arrows. and the protections came from the combined layers. not just the plate lol.
practice head shots. Got it . Memo received.
+TheMasturCheef
What's the point of hitting them in the face, if they're already dead?
Sorry but research shows that most of the injuries were at close range and to the face. If you search you tube for the Wallace collection they give a geed explanation.
Ah quite so Ratty. I thought MasturCheef was saying, that they were killed with arrows and then punched in the face! Still, I wouldn't trust anything to stop a bodkin from a longbow.
Who was the best archer then, Richard III or Quasimodo?
TheMasturCheef false. An arrow with enough weight and with a proper arrowhead will absolutely penetrate plate mail, especially if it has a barbed broadhead or a tip like a cold
Everyone here is a historian apparently 😛
he is using one of my arrowheads!
Thank you.
Robert Brunston
October 24, 2017