Kevin was definitely an Archer/Fletcher in a previous life. So much passion for what he does, it's infectious, and good to see someone doing what they love.
You and the Missus do a wonderful service by documenting these once-common skills for all to learn for themselves. There's a certain sort of therapy to be gained by doing these sorts of tasks. We LOVE The History Squad!
Kevin could talk about the history of people leaving gum under seats, and I would still love it. Also, people need to leave you alone about your bow draw. You're not a giant barrel chested 25-year-old anymore, neither am I, so the ease of tearing something in your arm is more likely as you get older.
I just want to express how absolutely awesome it is that in this age of instant gratification and really bad story telling that someone like you exists! I love the way you tell a story! Especially European history. I got a thing for the Tudor age. Thank you so much.❤
If anyone doesn’t know, it’s very important to make sure your arrows are in good condition. An arrow with a crack in it that isn’t mended can end up shattering when loosed, giving you some nasty splinters.
Do you know something Kevin, Sir, it really gets my back up, when people try Telling you, who has dedicated most of your life to your Passion, you are a Wealth of knowledge Kev, and what you do not know about Archery probably isn't worth knowing, Good Stuff Mr Hicks, you really are a CREDIT MATE. THANKS, WILL AND ELAINE. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
Ah, thanks guys. How about this for a mean comment..... "I only shoot a 30# longbow using 3/8" arrows because everything I do is false and an illusion." The person who said this obviously knows nothing about shooting a longbow, but hey, we've learned to ignore them. So thank you both so much for your comment and support. Best, Kevin 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad IGNORE the Ignorance of these Jealous People, we Know THE SCORE SIR, WE ALL THINK YOU ARE GREAT, AND PURE OF HEART, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS KEV MATE. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
Thanks Kevin. Spending time with you in your shop was most relaxing. It was a surprise to see how you get the fletching feathers to lie back in place after replacing the whipping. Now you get to enjoy shooting them again. Cheers from Texas.
My goal in life to to be like Kevin. Have a ton of information I can share with people in a way that keeps peoples attention and is both serious and somehow comedic. Love this guy.
Very interesting and informative video Kevin. My dad was Lancashire Archery Champion back in the 1960' so he used to construct and repair his own arrows. Some of the repairs you covered to the knocks bring back memories of watching my dad do this work but there are other jobs that you covered that I had no idea about so many thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge. It all has some great living history value. 😊
Another fantastic arrow vid, Kevin! Here's a tip: about 1" from the end of your arrow jig, cut a transverse slot with the saw, just to the bottom of the V groove. This serves as a little miter box when trimming the end off a shaft. But even better--it prevents the saw pressing down on the last few fibers in the cut and splitting the wood. Cheers!
Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks for A very enjoyable/informative video. I always wondered how this sort of maintenance was done, I figured with all the work gone into creating these tools, I knew they wouldn't just cast them away. Thanks again for another fun bit of education, my goodness Kevin, what a teacher you are. Be safe and be well, as always best regards, Arthur
I absolutely love it when you share your wisdom about arrows and archery. People of today do not understand how important a bowmans bow and arrows truly are. And when you share these bits of wisdom, you are preserving the old ways godbless you Kevin and thank you for not only teaching me how to make arrows but also how to repair them words can not describe my gratitude.
A question for you learned folks. With various draw weights amongst the archers,was there such a thing as spine matxhing the arrows to the draw weight? Or was it a case of shoot what you are given?
Another great video Kev and useful to me for repairing my arrows. Being a joiner helps. For wood filler for gashes in my arrows, I saw timber over a newspaper with a hacksaw. This gives a very fine sawdust which I mix with PVA woodglue, apply, and leave to harden. This can then be sanded. I don't worry too much about my arrow length these days. I know they should be an inch longer than your draw plus pile. But the way I shoot (not mega accurate) it doesn't make much difference as long as my arrows aren't too short!! 😂😂. I haven't been able to shoot for a while so must try and get back to it. I have 8 Longbows sitting idle and the lay-off isn't helping my already poor accuracy!! Best wishes to you and Julie, Dave.
@@thehistorysquadWell........ I managed to get a short distance shoot in today using my 7 foot longbow and 60# arrows with the 3" needle point Bodkin piles. They were sinking into my heavily compressed rubber strip target to a depth of 8", almost coming through. It felt great to shoot again. Next week I will do the same with a different bow, probably my Ravenbeak Yew bow "Solent". Best wishes, Dave.
@@thehistorysquad Oh blimey! I can't remember now, I bought them a good few years ago. I think I just Googled Medieval field points and went from there! 😂😂. I will have a think though. Dave.
fascinating as ever Kevin - it does seem likely to me that given that it takes even a skilled arrow-maker a while to make a decent one, they were probably collected, refurbished and re-used on the battlefield. Maybe there were Baldrick-type figures whose job it was to retrieve them from the ground or indeed from the deceased adversary! Maybe the same arrow could have killed a number of people?
Thank you for this program your shoulders I never realize how much is involved in making our Olsen repairing him and fixing them and all the things that they have to go through. It’s amazing what artist must have gone through back in those days. Thank you again. Hope you are doing well, God bless and protect, God bless England and her people in the royal house of England as well. God bless you and yours
Sir , thank you so much for this video . My grandfather thought me how to make arrows but i never knew that they could be fixed. Your videos are amazing
I keep my arrows full length as I break the heads off sometimes in the backstop. When I cut them down I use a Dremel tool with a saw blade 2 inch diameter. A great video.
A nice whipping demo. I like to seal any whipping that I do on my boat or rigging with a bit of superglue and then if I am varnishing something later (theres always some varnishing to be done at some stage) I give it a quick coat to keep the UV in sunlight from damaging the glue.
@@thehistorysquad I have never been a Patreon member to any channel, I've never even considered it. However, i want to support this! I swear by my word, i will become a knight soon!
I'm sure that with the cost Nd time to create arrows that they did the same and reused and refurbished them many times!! Thank you for always sharing these interesting topics!!🙏💖🪶💞
For steaming fletching they'd likely use the glue pot they were using to glue tips and fletching on. A hide glue was usually used. As far as I know from all the research I have done!
That would make sense to use the steam from the glue pot, I don't think the cook would appreciate having loads of fletcher crowding his cauldron and dropping bits of feather and string into the casserole
A treat to watch a true craftsman at work! Thank you so much! I was just wondering if anyone knows if the whistling arrows were used in the Medieval world?
I want to deeply apologize for the spelling errors in this I should have gone over the comment and forgot to, but I think you understand what I’m trying to say a great program quite a national art to be a archer thank you again for being understanding God bless and protect
Yeah you sound a bit like me I been making arrows since I was 10 years old 1970 Made 1000's since then.You are doing a great job.I actually like a couple of things you are doing.I also have other methods of arrow repair you have not covered .I may have to do a video to show other good folk my way too.These videos you do are some of the better ones on you tube.Keep up the good work. Old school Richie
Ancient Arrow Repair - They've found some evidence of laminations on arrows that appear to have been split or made with more than one type of wood. The laminating element was bees wax, and they would also use strings to tightly hold them together and some evidence of hearth based hardening. This isn't to say it was the only repair, but if my memory is accurate that was one way some repairs were handled.
I think they just rubbed the bees wax along the string and hardened it that way? I remember seeing hardened bees wax on string at the museum for Egyptian bows that passed through Denver. I am not sure where I read about the process, but I think it might've been a magazine where they showed damaged arrows and string wrapped around the shaft... @@thehistorysquad
I could've also misunderstood what I read/saw. So maybe I am wrong. But I am pretty sure I remember that being a bit of the process at least for some cultures.
Kevin I only very recently found your channel maybe a week or two ago and I find it fascinating! How did they make the Arrows so straight out of wood back in the Medieval times? I can't wrap my mind around it without a modern Lathe or something similar.😲🤷♂
For whipping are you just using common sewing thread? Love these archery videos. Keep them coming. I have shot traditional archery for a long time but with modern components. Like the idea of trying something more historic. Very educational!
Another fantastic video, as always. I love watching your videos and your passion for history and knowledge. I do have a question for you. I have been using cedar arrows with my longbow, and over the years, some have warped. Does this happen to you, and how do you fix it? I absolutely love your videos. Thanks a million!
Your use of the whip finish on your repairs to the arrows is how us anglers replace rod rings on their rods also when tying flies I use a whip finish or used to as these 75 yr old eyes are not that good tying flies anymore.
I was in an 8 inch howitzer unit in the army. Sometimes, to piss off the officers, someone would screw the fuse down on a protruding razor blade. You could hear that round whistler for miles.
I thought that arrows were of single use in middle ages, cuz they were totally broken or lost. But they are TOOLS for you. And it is awesome how you take care of your tools .
Although knewing some of that stuff already, you helped out a lot. I have been thinking of switching to wood completely for a long time ( I have some in my quiver), but Carbon is so easy (and durable, if they are the right shafts, prepared in the right way), that I am mostly stuck with Carbon Arrows. I will give wood a chance on my next sheaf of arrows. Thanks a lot Kevin. And if we should meet one day- could you spare me one of those old arrows of yours?
WOW! you are going through your Arrows! I'm deep diving into and cleaning or conserving? my Mausers of different years and counties? I too Draw my bow as needed? considering my age andShoulders' Surgeries'? and Target! JB weld! Like Bedding a Barrel or arrow tip? not the splits.
Hey Kevin, hope you're well. Could you do more videos like these, bowyery type stuff. As well, how does one go about shooting bows&arrows in open field like you do?
Hi Erol, I do plan to, but it won't be until next year now. I live in Canada and there'll soon be snow on the ground until April so my archery videos will have to wait until then. Take a look at the archery playlist though, there are some on there if you haven't already seen them. 👍🏻 ruclips.net/p/PLZ5bkawra-DimSVBKMxICY-5g1SvaDS6p
@@thehistorysquad I'm likewise in Canada, Ontario area. I'd love to shoot outdoors, but don't how to get to it. Don't think it wise to just show up in a field and start launching arrows
No of course not. It's not actually that easy, I've been 4 years trying to find a suitable place to shoot that's not too far from where I live. Just keep asking around, anyone with an acreage or a farmer (there's lots of them out this way). I feel your pain, with so much space in this country you'd think it would be easier. Good luck! @@erolnisic2465
Hello. I have recently come across your channel, and there is really nothing else like it. I love it so much. Watching 2 or 3 at a time just makes my day better. I really wanted to ask you if you have ever seen Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and if so, what was your opinion on seeing it the first time. I would love to here you comment on that. I would like to thank you again. It is Thanksgiving over here after all.
That's very kind of you, thanks for watching. After Men in Tights I had to have therapy lol, but you just have to take it in the context that it's meant 😜
@@thehistorysquad If you haven't seen it in in a while, I implore you to give it another chance. I saw it for the first time as a 6 year old, and it dropped me in the middle of Sherwood Forest with Achoo and Little John, and till this day, it's still the funniest movie I have ever seen.
I grew up watching the original Robin Hood starring Richard Greene & loved their whistling arrows. But I'm wondering now if what they used an actual whistling tip, or was the sound affectation ? Great video as always
What amazing work shop you have there when arrows get damges on campane did they have someone with them who could fix them or did they do it themselves and anyway I hope your family has a happy thanksgiving 🦃 God bless sant gorge
Thanks for watching, yes they did take fletchers and bowyers with them on campaign and of course the bowmen themselves would have been able to effect some repairs, just like me 👍
Lightly steaming the feathers can if not badly damaged renew the flights and clean the shafts and store correctly have made hundreds over the years usual damage is head shearing off but it can be replaced making the arrow slightly shorter
The clear nail polish is actually brilliant, but take heed: acrylic glue heats up on natural fabrics like cotton and should never be used on quantities that don't qualify as "small".
Hey Kev! This is so interesting! Do you think the bowman himself collected and repaired arrows? Or that job was up to others? That whipping stitch on the feathers is so similar to macrame 😊
i was wondering about the blowtorch but it makes sense to use something handy to help assist in removal. i can easily see arrows being put alongside a fire and a blacksmith using his bellows to get the flames hot enough to get the arrowheads shooting off…i assume that the blacksmiths were involved as they deal with metal so would forge the heads for the arrows
Thank you for the great content Mr. Hicks. I wanted to let you know that the channel Administrative Results just uploaded a video about the English Longbow & I recommended he have you on for a collab. He responded & said he loves your channel.
Kevin was definitely an Archer/Fletcher in a previous life.
So much passion for what he does, it's infectious, and good to see someone doing what they love.
True! He's an archer/fletcher in this life too
@micahlanboney7830 scroll back in the videos to see him shoot. Only person I've seen that confidently hits pears at around 70 yards!!
You and the Missus do a wonderful service by documenting these once-common skills for all to learn for themselves. There's a certain sort of therapy to be gained by doing these sorts of tasks. We LOVE The History Squad!
YAY! Thanks very much!
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AMEN! love me some History!
Kevin from the history squad is like the Bob Ross of archery. ☺️😅
Kevin could talk about the history of people leaving gum under seats, and I would still love it. Also, people need to leave you alone about your bow draw. You're not a giant barrel chested 25-year-old anymore, neither am I, so the ease of tearing something in your arm is more likely as you get older.
Absolutely, yes, thank you.
Absolutely, thanks 👍
I just want to express how absolutely awesome it is that in this age of instant gratification and really bad story telling that someone like you exists! I love the way you tell a story! Especially European history. I got a thing for the Tudor age. Thank you so much.❤
Wow, thank you too!
@@thehistorysquad you are welcome 🤗
If anyone doesn’t know, it’s very important to make sure your arrows are in good condition. An arrow with a crack in it that isn’t mended can end up shattering when loosed, giving you some nasty splinters.
I always like to imagine how archers did things back in the old days, I love to watch this kind of videos!
Blessings from Mexico.
Do you know something Kevin, Sir, it really gets my back up, when people try Telling you, who has dedicated most of your life to your Passion, you are a Wealth of knowledge Kev, and what you do not know about Archery probably isn't worth knowing, Good Stuff Mr Hicks, you really are a CREDIT MATE. THANKS, WILL AND ELAINE. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
Ah, thanks guys.
How about this for a mean comment..... "I only shoot a 30# longbow using 3/8" arrows because everything I do is false and an illusion." The person who said this obviously knows nothing about shooting a longbow, but hey, we've learned to ignore them. So thank you both so much for your comment and support.
Best, Kevin 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad IGNORE the Ignorance of these Jealous People, we Know THE SCORE SIR, WE ALL THINK YOU ARE GREAT, AND PURE OF HEART, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS KEV MATE. 🇮🇲👍🇮🇲
😃@@williamjohnbedford5776
It's funny when people try to tell someone who has been doing something successfuly their whole life, that they are doing it wrong.
Yes conorhudson,
I asked Kev to send me a list of all his supposid faults so I could shoot as well as he does!! 😂😂.
Dave.
@@davesheppard8797Kevin’s only fault is age catching up with him, and it’s only because he’s entertaining us in other ways 😎
@bostonrailfan2427 Yes, I'm 61 now and if I'm a bit tired my bows are a lot more difficult to draw! Kevin is just so good though!!
Dave.
@@davesheppard8797 and we can’t claim it as a fault as it’s an asset as his words are wisdom rather than as being a lecture
@@bostonrailfan2427 Very true!
Thanks Kevin. Spending time with you in your shop was most relaxing. It was a surprise to see how you get the fletching feathers to lie back in place after replacing the whipping. Now you get to enjoy shooting them again. Cheers from Texas.
Cheers David, yes I have lots to shoot now 😜
I could watch Kevin being Kevin for Kevin hours! :)
My goal in life to to be like Kevin. Have a ton of information I can share with people in a way that keeps peoples attention and is both serious and somehow comedic. Love this guy.
How lovely, thank you.
Great video sir, I do miss the days when I made arrows. I may pick it up again, still have all the old equipment. Thank you.
Very interesting and informative video Kevin. My dad was Lancashire Archery Champion back in the 1960' so he used to construct and repair his own arrows. Some of the repairs you covered to the knocks bring back memories of watching my dad do this work but there are other jobs that you covered that I had no idea about so many thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge. It all has some great living history value. 😊
Another fantastic arrow vid, Kevin! Here's a tip: about 1" from the end of your arrow jig, cut a transverse slot with the saw, just to the bottom of the V groove. This serves as a little miter box when trimming the end off a shaft. But even better--it prevents the saw pressing down on the last few fibers in the cut and splitting the wood. Cheers!
Oh what a great tip! Thanks I’ll definitely do that 😃
I enjoyed this very much Kevin. I like seeing how folks do these basic chores for maintaining their equipment. Thank you!
My pleasure 👍🏻
Arrow bodging, many an hour spent fixing up arrows, great rainy day project. Thanks Kev.
Nothing says Friday morning like Kevin Hicks
😜 Cheers John
Greetings once again from nova Scotia, thanks for A very enjoyable/informative video. I always wondered how this sort of maintenance was done, I figured with all the work gone into creating these tools, I knew they wouldn't just cast them away. Thanks again for another fun bit of education, my goodness Kevin, what a teacher you are. Be safe and be well, as always best regards, Arthur
Thanks Arthur, you too, and have a lovely weekend. 👍🏻
I absolutely love it when you share your wisdom about arrows and archery. People of today do not understand how important a bowmans bow and arrows truly are. And when you share these bits of wisdom, you are preserving the old ways godbless you Kevin and thank you for not only teaching me how to make arrows but also how to repair them words can not describe my gratitude.
You answered my question about whistling arrowheads. I have always wondered about it. Love the video. Thank you.
I was dazzled by how long the fletchings were on Will Sherman's arrow.
When you picked up a flame thrower without eye protection or gloves, I took a deep breath! LOL Great video as usual Sir!
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I kept saying “so that’s how you do that” thanks for the history lesson..old and new!👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
A question for you learned folks. With various draw weights amongst the archers,was there such a thing as spine matxhing the arrows to the draw weight? Or was it a case of shoot what you are given?
That was amazing! I always wondered how the flights were attached.
Thanks for the mention Kev! Another fantastic video!
My pleasure buddy, thanks as ever for your support 👍🏻
Watching the blowtorch trick was totally mind blowing.
Another great video Kev and useful to me for repairing my arrows. Being a joiner helps. For wood filler for gashes in my arrows, I saw timber over a newspaper with a hacksaw. This gives a very fine sawdust which I mix with PVA woodglue, apply, and leave to harden. This can then be sanded. I don't worry too much about my arrow length these days. I know they should be an inch longer than your draw plus pile. But the way I shoot (not mega accurate) it doesn't make much difference as long as my arrows aren't too short!! 😂😂. I haven't been able to shoot for a while so must try and get back to it. I have 8 Longbows sitting idle and the lay-off isn't helping my already poor accuracy!!
Best wishes to you and Julie,
Dave.
Oh bless, life does tend to get in the way of our hobbies doesn't it! Cheers Dave, have a good weekend 👍🏻
@thehistorysquad Thanks Kev! I will be back to shooting soon though I hope. I may try and do a bit tomorrow in work 🤞🤞.
Dave.
@@thehistorysquadWell........ I managed to get a short distance shoot in today using my 7 foot longbow and 60# arrows with the 3" needle point Bodkin piles. They were sinking into my heavily compressed rubber strip target to a depth of 8", almost coming through. It felt great to shoot again. Next week I will do the same with a different bow, probably my Ravenbeak Yew bow "Solent".
Best wishes,
Dave.
Sounds great. I'll be looking for some bodkins soon, where do you get yours from Dave?@@davesheppard8797
@@thehistorysquad Oh blimey! I can't remember now, I bought them a good few years ago. I think I just Googled Medieval field points and went from there! 😂😂. I will have a think though.
Dave.
Great tutorial.
As always, a thrill to watch the process first hand, by a man of tremendous knowledge on the subject.
Many thanks!
fascinating as ever Kevin - it does seem likely to me that given that it takes even a skilled arrow-maker a while to make a decent one, they were probably collected, refurbished and re-used on the battlefield. Maybe there were Baldrick-type figures whose job it was to retrieve them from the ground or indeed from the deceased adversary! Maybe the same arrow could have killed a number of people?
Another intriguing Hickstory Squad presentation. Reality is always most interesting. Thanks as ever
My pleasure! Cheers.
Still have the arrow with the broken knock you gave us years ago. Hangs on the arch in the lounge. Happy days.
Haha, how lovely Kim 👍🏻
Thank you for this program your shoulders I never realize how much is involved in making our Olsen repairing him and fixing them and all the things that they have to go through. It’s amazing what artist must have gone through back in those days. Thank you again. Hope you are doing well, God bless and protect, God bless England and her people in the royal house of England as well. God bless you and yours
Sir , thank you so much for this video . My grandfather thought me how to make arrows but i never knew that they could be fixed. Your videos are amazing
Thank you very much!
Great video. That arrow heads popped up so easily with heating.
Watching you fletch arrows using the steam from a kettle may be one of the most British things I've ever observed
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As always great video. Truly hand crafted. Beautiful
Cheers Michael 👍🏻
Your geraniums are doing great. The jigs are handy, and arrow perfect again👍
I love the living history parts of your history teachings. Thanks. Please, keep them coming.
Thankyou for sharing your experience.
I keep my arrows full length as I break the heads off sometimes in the backstop. When I cut them down I use a Dremel tool with a saw blade 2 inch diameter.
A great video.
I cant wait to try and make my own arrows. Still working on building my workshop, but it will be a fun project!
More equipment maintenance vids, please. this was interesting
Great video once again Kevin. Brilliantly put together.
Many thanks!
Interesting, thanks!😊
A nice whipping demo.
I like to seal any whipping that I do on my boat or rigging with a bit of superglue and then if I am varnishing something later (theres always some varnishing to be done at some stage) I give it a quick coat to keep the UV in sunlight from damaging the glue.
This was so cool to watch! Thanks for sharing!
Great video Kevin. I never knew about steaming the fletchings to reform them. Thank you
Any time 👍🏻
I like watching men work when they know what they are doing. Good looking men like Kevin are even more enjoyable to watch.
Ooh stop it, you make me blush 😜
@@thehistorysquad Kevin do you have another YT account under the name mmcleod 😁
😜 cheek @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo
A fly-making bobbin with tensioner is handy for whipping and other tying while keeping the thread less fiddly.
Ive really enjoyed watching your videos lately! You do an awesome job and are very involved in the comments! Thank you for the great content!
My pleasure, thanks for watching Joshua 👍🏻
@@thehistorysquad I have never been a Patreon member to any channel, I've never even considered it. However, i want to support this! I swear by my word, i will become a knight soon!
How lovely of you, thanks 👍🏻
I'm sure that with the cost Nd time to create arrows that they did the same and reused and refurbished them many times!! Thank you for always sharing these interesting topics!!🙏💖🪶💞
For steaming fletching they'd likely use the glue pot they were using to glue tips and fletching on. A hide glue was usually used. As far as I know from all the research I have done!
That would make sense to use the steam from the glue pot, I don't think the cook would appreciate having loads of fletcher crowding his cauldron and dropping bits of feather and string into the casserole
A treat to watch a true craftsman at work! Thank you so much! I was just wondering if anyone knows if the whistling arrows were used in the Medieval world?
Great video on how to repair your arrows!!!!
Thank you very much for sharing, your Chanel is real treasure trove of great content.
Wow, I appreciate that 👍🏻
Always good to see you upload Kev! Hope you’re doing well, may the gods bless you my friend.
Thanks 👍
great video Kev
Gday from Australia again Kev, nice drills mate and love your work always. Cheers Gerard
Thanks 👍
Thank You very much for this new video ! 😊
My pleasure 😊
I want to deeply apologize for the spelling errors in this I should have gone over the comment and forgot to, but I think you understand what I’m trying to say a great program quite a national art to be a archer thank you again for being understanding God bless and protect
Thank you 👍🏻
Great video, very interesting and informative, i bet they did a lot of similar things back in the day, keep up the great work 👍
Enjoyed watching that
I wonder if their were any Shady , Used Arrow Salesman back in the Day ..?
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If fletchers put their own marks on the arrows they made, there were probably counterfeit arrows
Thanks 😊
Yeah you sound a bit like me I been making arrows since I was 10 years old 1970 Made 1000's since then.You are doing a great job.I actually like a couple of things you are doing.I also have other methods of arrow repair you have not covered .I may have to do a video to show other good folk my way too.These videos you do are some of the better ones on you tube.Keep up the good work.
Old school Richie
Cheers Ritchie
Ancient Arrow Repair - They've found some evidence of laminations on arrows that appear to have been split or made with more than one type of wood. The laminating element was bees wax, and they would also use strings to tightly hold them together and some evidence of hearth based hardening. This isn't to say it was the only repair, but if my memory is accurate that was one way some repairs were handled.
I don't know of an authentic drawing, but maybe you could take a still from the video?
I think they just rubbed the bees wax along the string and hardened it that way? I remember seeing hardened bees wax on string at the museum for Egyptian bows that passed through Denver. I am not sure where I read about the process, but I think it might've been a magazine where they showed damaged arrows and string wrapped around the shaft... @@thehistorysquad
I could've also misunderstood what I read/saw. So maybe I am wrong. But I am pretty sure I remember that being a bit of the process at least for some cultures.
Al very interesting & informative 👌🏻
Very cool project…
Kevin I only very recently found your channel maybe a week or two ago and I find it fascinating! How did they make the Arrows so straight out of wood back in the Medieval times? I can't wrap my mind around it without a modern Lathe or something similar.😲🤷♂
It was an industry and they were very practiced at it. Did you see my video on making the arrows yet? I show there how the shafts were made. 👍🏻
Brother Kevin, an enjoyable, and informative video. Thank you
My pleasure Brother 👍🏻
For whipping are you just using common sewing thread? Love these archery videos. Keep them coming. I have shot traditional archery for a long time but with modern components. Like the idea of trying something more historic. Very educational!
I use a linen thread that I bought years ago from a cobbler shop. So any kind of strong linen thread should work. 👍🏻
Another fantastic video, as always. I love watching your videos and your passion for history and knowledge. I do have a question for you. I have been using cedar arrows with my longbow, and over the years, some have warped. Does this happen to you, and how do you fix it? I absolutely love your videos. Thanks a million!
Occasionally I'll have a warped arrow and I would gently try to steam it and bend it back. You can get it to work but you have to steam gently 👍🏻
Man, kinda makes me interested in Archery now.
Your use of the whip finish on your repairs to the arrows is how us anglers replace rod rings on their rods also when tying flies I use a whip finish or used to as these 75 yr old eyes are not that good tying flies anymore.
Oh bless, yes I do the same when I'm fishing 👍🏻
I was in an 8 inch howitzer unit in the army. Sometimes, to piss off the officers, someone would screw the fuse down on a protruding razor blade. You could hear that round whistler for miles.
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Great Vid Kev. Just watched you on Instruments of Death - Battle of Towton. Dodgy moustache but great show!!
🤣 nice one
lovely video kev., :) i done me some nice bolts, the other week, with flint
Ooh, sounds great, nice one 👍🏻
I thought that arrows were of single use in middle ages, cuz they were totally broken or lost.
But they are TOOLS for you. And it is awesome how you take care of your tools .
I'm just going to call you my RUclips Grandpa.
Another story from RUclips Grandpa YAY!:D
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Although knewing some of that stuff already, you helped out a lot. I have been thinking of switching to wood completely for a long time ( I have some in my quiver), but Carbon is so easy (and durable, if they are the right shafts, prepared in the right way), that I am mostly stuck with Carbon Arrows. I will give wood a chance on my next sheaf of arrows. Thanks a lot Kevin. And if we should meet one day- could you spare me one of those old arrows of yours?
Absolutely I could spare you an arrow Marco, I do hope we can meet one day. 👍🏻
WOW! you are going through your Arrows! I'm deep diving into and cleaning or conserving? my Mausers of different years and counties?
I too Draw my bow as needed? considering my age andShoulders' Surgeries'? and Target!
JB weld! Like Bedding a Barrel or arrow tip? not the splits.
Good on you Dave, thanks for your comment 👍🏻
This man is so fascinating to watch and hear that I'm watching how to make arrows totally enthralled.
Hey Kevin, hope you're well. Could you do more videos like these, bowyery type stuff. As well, how does one go about shooting bows&arrows in open field like you do?
Hi Erol, I do plan to, but it won't be until next year now. I live in Canada and there'll soon be snow on the ground until April so my archery videos will have to wait until then. Take a look at the archery playlist though, there are some on there if you haven't already seen them. 👍🏻
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@@thehistorysquad I'm likewise in Canada, Ontario area. I'd love to shoot outdoors, but don't how to get to it. Don't think it wise to just show up in a field and start launching arrows
No of course not. It's not actually that easy, I've been 4 years trying to find a suitable place to shoot that's not too far from where I live. Just keep asking around, anyone with an acreage or a farmer (there's lots of them out this way). I feel your pain, with so much space in this country you'd think it would be easier. Good luck! @@erolnisic2465
So surprised to see the point just pop off like a cork with a little heat.
Hello. I have recently come across your channel, and there is really nothing else like it. I love it so much. Watching 2 or 3 at a time just makes my day better.
I really wanted to ask you if you have ever seen Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and if so, what was your opinion on seeing it the first time. I would love to here you comment on that.
I would like to thank you again. It is Thanksgiving over here after all.
That's very kind of you, thanks for watching. After Men in Tights I had to have therapy lol, but you just have to take it in the context that it's meant 😜
@@thehistorysquad If you haven't seen it in in a while, I implore you to give it another chance. I saw it for the first time as a 6 year old, and it dropped me in the middle of Sherwood Forest with Achoo and Little John, and till this day, it's still the funniest movie I have ever seen.
Might I recommend and handheld garmet steamer for the last step? You might have better results getting steam
I grew up watching the original Robin Hood starring Richard Greene & loved their whistling arrows. But I'm wondering now if what they used an actual whistling tip, or was the sound affectation ? Great video as always
I grew up on Richard Greene as well 👍🏻
What amazing work shop you have there when arrows get damges on campane did they have someone with them who could fix them or did they do it themselves and anyway I hope your family has a happy thanksgiving 🦃 God bless sant gorge
Thanks for watching, yes they did take fletchers and bowyers with them on campaign and of course the bowmen themselves would have been able to effect some repairs, just like me 👍
@@thehistorysquad I would like to walk through should wood forest
Lightly steaming the feathers can if not badly damaged renew the flights and clean the shafts and store correctly have made hundreds over the years usual damage is head shearing off but it can be replaced making the arrow slightly shorter
I habe Seen Pharaos bows and felt in love with their modern Replikations thou could you make someting about their ancistor?
Another entertaining and informative video Kevin. On a side note mate, what type of bird feathers did they use for arrows?
goose 👍🏻
The clear nail polish is actually brilliant, but take heed: acrylic glue heats up on natural fabrics like cotton and should never be used on quantities that don't qualify as "small".
So what are they going to do about the Robin Hood tree are they going put another tree there
Hey Kev! This is so interesting!
Do you think the bowman himself collected and repaired arrows? Or that job was up to others?
That whipping stitch on the feathers is so similar to macrame 😊
I believe it was an all in effort. I do know that after the battle of Crecy the bowmen rant into the battlefield to fetch arrows and re-shoot them. 👍🏻
i was wondering about the blowtorch but it makes sense to use something handy to help assist in removal.
i can easily see arrows being put alongside a fire and a blacksmith using his bellows to get the flames hot enough to get the arrowheads shooting off…i assume that the blacksmiths were involved as they deal with metal so would forge the heads for the arrows
Yes, very much so 👍🏻
Hi Kevin, sorry my phone took a week off. Wow, so Nature can provide weapons and Food. Just requires basic knowledge.
I appreciate your workshop videos so much.
How many of the arrows are you keeping original?
Thanks. I'm just making a new batch of 48 and they'll all be to an original spec. Plus I'll have all these old ones.
Thank you for the great content Mr. Hicks. I wanted to let you know that the channel Administrative Results just uploaded a video about the English Longbow & I recommended he have you on for a collab. He responded & said he loves your channel.
Thanks for that!