Kevin Hicks offers a glimpse into the meticulous craftsmanship of arrow makers during medieval times, by explaining the methods and materials he employs to repair his own medieval style arrows today. Arrows, the ammunition of the medieval age was an expensive commodity, so after battles men would collect arrows from the battlefield and repair them. We can only guess, but it's interesting that not much has likely changed in the techniques used all those centuries ago.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:14 Cutting arrows down
04:20 Repairing a hairline fracture
05:40 Whistling arrows
07:25 Fixing a broken nock
14:34 How they repaired arrows in Medieval times
15:25 Whipping the fletchings
20:00 Refreshing the fletchings
