An quick experiment with archery technique

[ShirleyCPhillips]

Its really a great way to practice...Good work you done here.

[Iodo]

Its really a great way to practice...Good work you done here.

Thank you

[Iodo]

here's a set of new traditional arrows I made:



with Bard the bowman's black arrow thrown in for a bit of fun


"Arrow!" said the bowman. "Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and always I have recovered you. I had you from my farther and he from of old. If ever you came from the forges of the true king under the Mountain, go now and speed well!"


Impressive, but if Bard's black arrow was indeed handed down through the generations it makes me wonder how many new shafts and fetchings it had over those years

[Taylor Steiner]

Awesome!

[Iodo]

Awesome!

Thank you

[Harper]

Very nice!

[Iodo]

Very nice!

thanks a lot

[Eofor]

What did you use to glue the fletching down Iodo? Are they recessed?

[Iodo]

What did you use to glue the fletching down Iodo? Are they recessed?

Just ordinary fetching glue, I haven't done anything clever or historically accurate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9tr8clpOw0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEzWXE2H5EY&t=1032s

[Cimrandir]

here's a set of new traditional arrows I made:

Late question but I really like those arrowheads you have. They seems to have a better aesthetic than the usual target points since they look more along the lines of bodkin. Well, I assume you use them for target practice. If so, do you have a link where I might pick up a couple?

[Iodo]

Late question but I really like those arrowheads you have. They seems to have a better aesthetic than the usual target points since they look more along the lines of bodkin. Well, I assume you use them for target practice. If so, do you have a link where I might pick up a couple?

yeah, there are two companies that make them, here are the links for the supplier I use:

TAS history point: https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/tas-history-point.html

Bearpaw History Point:
11/32'' - https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/bearpaw ... -1132.html
5/16'' - https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/bearpaw ... t-516.html

I can't remember which one I got, I'd have to check the invoice, but as far as I know they are almost the same. A YouTube subscriber asked a while back and I tried to find a supplier that sold them in the US and wasn't very successful, I don't know if Merlin will ship overseas? if not PM me and I can get hold of some and post them

[EDIT] I just looked up my original order, it seems I got the TAS ones even tho I linked the Bearpaw ones in my video

[Cortharyn]

Some of you might know I do target archery at my local club, I shoot recurve barebow and very rarely get chance to practice anything different to the standard targets and distance's (e.g. 20, 30, 40 yds)

A few days ago I was at the indoor range late in the evening, there was no one else there so I decided to try something a bit different. My usual method is to use sighting arrows and a reference point which relies on shooting from the same place every time, which would have limited use for a dwarven fells-ward. What I tried instead was putting up different targets and shooting from different places/distances around the room and I was quite pleased with what I could achieve. I wouldn't go anywhere near as far as calling it instinctive but every arrow I shot was from a different place/distance (up to 30 yds) at a different target and all my arrows were, at least, on or very close to the target I aimed at. It wasn't close to the accuracy I can achieve using my normal technique but it was still far better than I thought it would be, and that surprised me

That's how I have been doing it for a while. I've always been an instinctive archer. But I think this way is more functional and you don't shoot your arrows anymore either.

[Cortharyn]

Late question but I really like those arrowheads you have. They seems to have a better aesthetic than the usual target points since they look more along the lines of bodkin. Well, I assume you use them for target practice. If so, do you have a link where I might pick up a couple?

yeah, there are two companies that make them, here are the links for the supplier I use:

TAS history point: https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/tas-history-point.html

Bearpaw History Point:
11/32'' - https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/bearpaw ... -1132.html
5/16'' - https://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/bearpaw ... t-516.html

I can't remember which one I got, I'd have to check the invoice, but as far as I know they are almost the same. A YouTube subscriber asked a while back and I tried to find a supplier that sold them in the US and wasn't very successful, I don't know if Merlin will ship overseas? if not PM me and I can get hold of some and post them

[EDIT] I just looked up my original order, it seems I got the TAS ones even tho I linked the Bearpaw ones in my video

Can I get a link to your YouTube channel?

[Cimrandir]

Can I get a link to your YouTube channel?

Iodo, Dwarven Ranger (YouTube Link)

[Iodo]

yep, that's it, thx for posting the link Cimrandir