The Archery Centre - Arrow Heads

ARROW HEADS

We stock a large selection of arrow heads, but we are anxious that they do not fall into the wrong hands. The bullet points, field points and rubber blunts are available to all of our customers, but the medieval heads are for sale only to archers who are in recognised clubs or re-enactment groups. Please give us details of your membership when you order medieval heads. All hunting with the bow or crossbow is illegal in this country (the UK).

SHORT BODKINS

The head which looks best on an arrow is the bodkin. Used throughout the Hundred Years War, this head would penetrate chain-mail and armour, and made the longbow the fearsome weapon it was. These bodkins are machine-made, which means that they are all the same and will all shoot the same, so that your arrows will group well.

I designed these many years ago, when I got fed up with my arrows bouncing out of targets on the rare occasions when I hit them. Since then other makes have come on the market, but ours are still the best. (One maker of arrows is even using my text!) The reason why ours are best is that ours are a parallel fit, which gives a much stronger glue bond than a taper fit, and also the front of our bodkin has four cutting edges, which gives greater penetration. They don't make a bigger hole, they just go in further. They have been tested and accepted by the National Field Archery Society (full details of the testing and acceptance available on request), and they are not expensive at 90p each. The parallel fit means that they are easy to drill out if you snap an arrow, so they can be used over and over again. They are made from steel, they are four-sided at the business end, we stock them in both 5/16" and 11/32", and they are 1.75 inches long. And I have never had one bounce!

To order, ask for SHORT BODKINS, and state the size you want. 90p each

STEEL BULLET POINTS

For Longbow archers who prefer a bullet point to a field point or a bodkin and don't like brass, these are available in both 5/16" and 11/32" in mild steel, 1½" long, again with an internal parallel fit, at 38p each.

BRASS BULLET POINTS

We stock these for making target arrows, all in parallel fit at 40p each.

Type	Inside Diameter	Outside Diameter	Grains
BP2	9/32"	5/16"	63 grains.
BP3	5/16"	11/32"	100 grains.
BP4	9/32"	5/16"	100 grains.
BP5	5/16"	11/32"	125 grains.

STEEL FIELD POINTS

The usual "stepped" point much used in field archery, which we stock in 5/16" and 11/32" in taper fit at Ł3.80 per dozen.

THE ORIGINAL BLACK RUBBER BLUNTS

Blunts were originally intended for small game, but now they are often used for roving because they don't bury themselves in the grass, nor do they stick in trees. Ideal for shooting down pyramids of beer-cans (drink the contents first to get the best results). In the Autumn I have fun using them to knock down conkers. Overseas customers who do not know what conkers are will understand straight away when I tell them that they are the fruit of Aesculus Hippocastanum. 79p each (the blunts, not the conkers!).

REDHEAD RUBBER BLUNTS

These are a new British blunt that is becoming very popular. 70p each.

FORGED MEDIEVAL HEADS

These are made for us by a blacksmith who hammers them out on his anvil, so every head is slightly different to its fellows. If you got an order from King Henry for twenty thousand heads to be delivered early next year and you'll be in trouble if he doesn't get them on time, you wouldn't worry too much about getting them all exactly the same, would you? For this reason the measurements are approximate. They fit both 11/32" and 3/8", and we have three types, as follows:-

MEDIEVAL BODKINS

About 2˝" long, Ł2.15 each.
About 4" long, Ł2.75 each.
The 4" one needs an extra stiff shaft to fly straight because of the extra weight.

About 1˝" long (shown below), Ł1.95 1˝" Medieval Bodkin

Because of the growing demand for medieval heads, we sometimes run out of them and have to keep customers waiting for their order.

	MEDIEVAL BROADHEADS
	Similar to the Type One in the London Museum Catalogue, about 3" long, at Ł2.70 each.

MEDIEVAL SWALLOWTAIL

It would need a very stiff shaft to shoot one of these, with a very big bloke behind it, so this head is probably only for displays and exhibitions. It is about 2" long by 1" wide, and weighs about 1 oz. Ł7.70 each.

	MEDIEVAL BARBED HEAD
	Similar to the Type Sixteen in the L.M.C., about 2 " long, at Ł4.00 each.

MEDIEVAL CROSSBOW HEADS

Four-sided, about 3" x ½", just under 2oz in weight, and made by our blacksmith. Ł2.75 each, or Ł2.50 each for five or more. We have sold very few of these, but perhaps we will sell more now that we realise that we put 1" diameter by mistake in our last price list instead of ½". Oops!

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Last updated: 17/04/2008