Mary Rose Museum Arrows
I was very pleased to present the three Mary Rose reproduction arrows to the museum this afternoon, and in particular to Dr. Alexzandra...
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Will
- Oct 31
- 1 min
Coppergate Anglo-Scandinavian Arrows
The arrow shafts are Ash and Poplar for use with a heavier bow than the originals would have been shot from - the original arrow shafts...
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Will
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Mary Rose Museum Arrows
Recently I was commissioned by the Mary Rose Museum to make a set of reproduction arrows for their displays, and to show museum visitors...
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Will
- Mar 16
- 1 min
Nine Inch Nails!
This was a commission for a Netflix production, for 25 huge 9" nails. I needed to recruit the brilliant Ian Thackray from The Village...
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Will
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Six iron Type 16s
Six London Museum Type 16 warheads, forged entirely in wrought iron, with iron barbs forge welded to the sockets.
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Will
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Must sort out a filing system...
The trouble with bulk forging orders while waiting on other materials is that I end having no idea which heads are going on which arrows!
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Will
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Type 7s coming out of my ears!
Apparently 5 months ago everybody wanted Type 7s on their arrows, because that's what I've been making all day! Huge range of sizes as...
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Will
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Brazed arrowheads
In 1405, a statute of Henry IV ordered that arrowheads should be "well boiled or brazed" and "hardened at the points with steel". These...
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Will
- Feb 7
- 1 min
7th Century Angon
Well this was a bloody challenge! Got there in the end though. This is a 6th/7th Century Angon, and is a dimensional copy of one in the...
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Will
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Shears!
Forged out 12 big 1/2" and 4 tiny 11/32" Type 7 needle bodkins, a 3/8" Type 15 broadhead and most fun of all a set of shears copied from...
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Will
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
10 iron arrows for empirical testing
Set of 10 wrought iron medieval arrows for Stavros to conduct further textile armour testing. Each iron head has been left in the...
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Will
- Nov 24, 2022
- 1 min
One of every type...
Love orders like this one from Tim! One of every single arrowhead I make, plus some multiples to go on full arrows which will be...
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Will
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Arrows Vs Armour II
Here you go folks! Arrows Vs Armour II is officially out! This is 3 years of planning, testing, research and hard work from every single...
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Will
- Nov 18, 2022
- 1 min
Big bunch of stuff here!
It's very rare I get a solid 4 days in the forge at the moment, so it's nice to run off a load of orders in one week. We've got...
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Will
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
Lots of new orders!
Getting lots of orders in from you lovely people for the new head types, which is much appreciated! Here's a couple of the new ones, the...
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Will
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
What a timeline!
From the 7th Century through to the 16th Century in one photo.
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Will
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Military arrows... in miniature!
These are for Darren, spined and matched for a 65lb bow so the shafts are 11/32" but everything else is as per a full size military...
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Will
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
Monster feathers!
A standard Swan primary feather next to the primary feather of a sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) the fletching of choice for the Vikings.
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Will
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Museum of London
In London for a meeting about a very exciting project and couldn't resist popping in to the MoL to have a look at their stuff. Check...
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Will
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Interesting T16 Arrowhead
Here's a really interesting arrowhead. This is my copy in iron with steel barbs of Royal Armouries XI.529. It's a London Museum Type...
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