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The Wars of the Roses Here are some pictures of my nearly-finished archer's persona, circ. 1440. |
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The Kit: I am wearing a mild steel open-faced salade over a cloth coif. I have on a leather doublet over a St. Louis tunic of linen. The hip boots are worn over woolen one-piece hosen and linen braies. I have a kidney pouch with a dagger stuffed between it and the belt, a long sword, buckler, longbow and arrows. |
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| Preparing To Shoot. The longbow is lemonwood backed with hickory, and has carved horn nocks. It has no arrow shelf. The wax-lined leather canteen is visible on the right. The arrow bag is visible on the ground, along with one arrow stuck in the ground ready to shoot. |
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Taking Aim... The swallow-tail arrow I am holding is hand-forged in England. It has goose fletchings and is self-nocked. |
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Drawing the Bow. Here I am enjoying the 55 lb. draw on this bow - shoot the picture dammit! |
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Longbowman Looking rather proud, don'tchathink? |
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Sword & Buckler The buckler has always been a favorite of archers, but in the mid- to late 15th C., archers were called on to provide long swords, rather than shorter cut & thrust weapons. |
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Crossbowman I also have a 15th C. crossbow with a 150 lb. draw. I unfortunately don't have the goatsfoot lever for this bow. |
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