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How To Forge Bodkins - Making Medieval Arrowheads

Medieval Arrows 32,672 1 year ago
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Medieval arrowheads came in a huge variety of types and forms within those types, but the most popular and commonly used military heads were the bodkins. Four-sided and with a range of point types, the bodkin is both the most commonly made and misunderstood medieval arrowhead. This video outlines the four main types - the London Museum Types 7, 8, 9 and 10. Why they're different, and how they're forged in order to make them accurate to museum examples. In order they are: MoL Type 7 - Urquhart Castle (13thC) MoL Type 8 - Castle Acre (14thC) MoL Type 9 - Private collection (15thC) MoL Type 10 - Urquhart Castle (13th-15thC) For all of these arrowheads, and for courses on how to forge these, please visit my website at www.medievalarrows.co.uk Music attribution: Bensound.com LGBUFLHZZYJISAMU 03OGWO7JDZZHTLA7

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