SPECIAL EVENT 2024: THE TRADITIONAL ARROW MAKING WORKSHOP

Medieval Arrows, Prim Tech Arrows and Target Arrows.
This course is run by Phil a Traditional Bowyer who runs Phil Brooke Longbows

What’s it about

This exciting workshop runs over three days and aims to gives you the knowledge and skills to make a Range of Arrows from modern target style arrows, primitive hunter gather arrows and also medieval war arrows that you’ll make using traditional medieval methods. Over the three days you’ll work with sawn out timber you'll prepare yourselves and self arrows made from stems of shrubs with excellent qualities for arrow making. Tracing back the designs to the earliest arrows of Europe’s Mesolithic hunter gathers, through to the those great Arrows of war. On this workshop we make and discover how our ancestors made Arrows to suit their needs of warfare or hunter gather lifestyles. Self Arrow designs using round wood timber we prepare and fell ourselves in Sussex and Bushman style arrows.

Course Content

• Material selection
• species selection
• carpentry techniques
• deflection and spinning arrows
• horn nock inserts – feathers
• cutting and preparing feathers
• self nocks
• primitive glues
• medieval glues
• modern glues
• fletchings
• whipping and binding
• modern points/piles
• medieval bodkins and primitive arrow heads.

This workshop is all about the history and techniques of how we evolved to become so sophisticated and successful using different wood designs and materials throughout our past.

Fees

The cost of this course including  weekend ticket is £360 per person. Start time with Phil and his team is 9am on the Friday and 9am there after finishing around 5pm so there's plenty of time to enjoy the rest of the festival and evenings .

The workshop finishes on the Sunday afternoon, you can arrive and set up on the Thursday from 2pm.

Progression

The Traditional Longbow making workshop – set over four days where we focus on wooden bows which historically have informed so much of life in this temperate home of ours. Tracing back the designs to earliest bows of Europe’s mesolithic hunter gathers, through to the those great weapons of war of the medieval period. On this workshop we make and discover how our ansestors made bows to suit there needs of warfare or hunter gather lifestyles. Self bow designs using round wood timber we prepare and fell ourselves in Sussex. Visit Phil Brooke longbows for more workshops and courses.

Details

The course is set entirely in the outdoors under the cover of canvas tarps. Appropriate warm outdoor clothing is required.

This is a adult course only.

Upon booking you'll receive joining instructions with more course information and directions.

For any further questions please feel free to contact us directly.