Ever felt like putting your boot through the TV? Why not use a Longbow! - Video 20

[Frodojo111]

Better of wearing glass armour to a fight than that chainmail junk. Of course in Skyrim, there is such a thing o.0.

[OxygenWalrus]

@Frodojo111 Hahaha!

[lockbreak12]

I would have loved if the man shooting the tv was dressed as elvis still a good vid though

[Judoka186]

I would have never thought that the tv would stop them that much

[Returacan]

3D Tv... now playing : Robin Hood

[Graywolf116]

Christ, it looks like an lcd tv is your best armor against armor. If only medieval knights had some samsungs!

[Bushcraft501]

Ah, if the French knights had been wearing LCD TVs at Agincourt it could have been a whole different story!

[MrDarcscythe]

wait, should we use tv as armor??

[celticbattleaxe]

Bye bye, Microsoft!!

[SaschaHeylik]

@celticbattleaxe Microsoft? what do they have to do with this video? lol

[JHanson712]

The thick glass is what stopped the first few arrows... It was hard enough to bend the bodkins but when it broke the arrows went further.

[lurchamok]

the french should have used tvs instead of plate armour at azincourt

[joec123able]

love ur vids keep shooting house hold things

[sublimemadness]

I can't think of a better use for a TV than that, although I would have liked to have seen it powered up when first shot :)

[Estonian7]

You guys are insane,keep it up:D

[leonardo1480]

Archery on TV that's what I would like to see, They put every thing else on but our love Archery sport

[zedcent3]

When are new vids coming.

[bigbowbrum]

@zedcent3 We are working on two new videos at the moment, but work and family commitments mean we don't get much time to shoot right now so they are taking longer than usual. Hopefully they will be available in the next few weeks. Thanks for asking.

[Bowslayer95]

@bigbowbrum Does your wife know you stole her T.V. for target practice?

[MrWhitescarf]

See how that first arrow broke when it hit the TV? I say knights should have been wearing Plasma TV's instead of armor ;)

[J0eMusty]

flamming arrows at aerosol can

[bigbowbrum]

@J0eMusty Yeah we did think about that, but we shoot on a Royal country estate, so I think the 'men in black' would come swooping down on us if we started blowing things up! :o)

[MrSteamteam]

try taking that long in mw2 or black ops

[iJaydan]

Will we ever be seeing Longbow vs Shield?

[bigbowbrum]

@iJaydan I would like to, but we would have to buy one just to try and smash it up, which would be a shame. There are many medieval replica items I would love to test, but cost always holds us back. Rest assured though that if we can get hold of a decent one then we shall give it a real good thrashing! :o) Thanks for the suggestion.

[nqkoisii]

What will happen if this arrows are send by compound bow.Maybe more speed?

[bigbowbrum]

@nqkoisii More speed yes, but carbon arrows are much lighter so they will have less mass and will deliver less kinetic energy, which means they will probably do less damage. They are also more likely to shatter on impact.

[nqkoisii]

@bigbowbrum I mean if you shoot this heavy arrows with compound bow what will happen :)

[bigbowbrum]

@nqkoisii Oh I see. Well, in that case they will not perform as well as they did off the longbow as the compound bow will have less power. They will either fall short, or if they reach the TV they will not do as much damage.

[darktoranaga]

@bigbowbrum Actually, if you get a 100 pounds recurve or compound, the damage would be the same (higher in the case of the compound, as it stores more energy). It depends on the strength of the bow, not on its shape. Carbon vs wood is a whole other story, and i never tried to shoot a carbon arrow with such a powerful bow, so I wouldn't know.

[bigbowbrum]

@darktoranaga I took the question to be shooting a heavy war arrow off a standard compound bow, which I would imagine has a draw weight of less than 100lbs.

[darktoranaga]

@bigbowbrum I see, that makes sense. Still, I would love to know how a carbon arrow behaves in the same conditions. Good show, thanks for it.

[bangalaheng]

So that's how my tv look like...

[leonardo1480]

good shooting and good shot on the aerosol by Martin Harvey!

[thewistleboy]

Where can you buy needle bodkins?

[bigbowbrum]

@thewistleboy Hi. We bought our needle bodkins from Magen of Fairbow. You can find their site on the net. In England there are many re-enatment fairs with plenty of blacksmiths and archery suppliers selling these kinds of heads, but the only supplier I know of in the USA is 3Rivers Archery. Perhaps do a search for their website and see if they can help too. Best wishes.

[GermanSwordMaster]

Conclusion : late medieval knights should have used Lcd tvs instead of plate armor !

[rometotalwarviper]

If youre going back in time take a tv with you might just save your life

[TheMcspreader]

Its amusing that you get little penetration against the cans. Like explosive reactive armour I suppose.

[bigbowbrum]

@TheMcspreader Yes we found it quite interesting that the arrow was actually blown back out on one of the shots.

[1000000volts]

yeah nice i done this with my robot,from robotwars its very satisfying

[bigbowbrum]

@legoles0012 We thought about it, but we shoot on a Royal estate and the security guards may not have appreciated it! The last thing we want is the men in black to come chasing us in their Range Rovers! ha ha.

[elgostine]

@bigbowbrum so, you have longbows. NOTHING can stop you eh? lol JK

[mohammadjj]

a waste of an arrow :/

[Agincourtwarbow]

Hello,

Yes, im going to attempt a self bow and ive got minor concepts but im definatly in the dark. Thank you so much for your help the guide would be awsome!

Agincourtwarbow

[bigbowbrum]

@Agincourtwarbow I will send you a link to the guide via personal message.

[Agincourtwarbow]

Hi Nick, I know you and your group get your bows from DIY so im not quite sure if you can answer my question but ive been making arrows for quite some time and im a furnature maker aswell, and ive been really wanting to take a crack at trying to make a English longbow, would you recomend the traditional Bower's bibles? thanks,

Angincourtwarbow :)

[bigbowbrum]

@Agincourtwarbow I have heard that there is some very good material in those books, so yes, I would definitely give them a go. Some of our bows come from Steve at DIY, but we also get them from John Marshall and Pip Bickerstaffe. Are you going to have a go at a laminated or self bow? If it is self I can direct you to a very good guide written by a friend of mine.

[theguitarsmasher]

I wonder what a blunt arrow would do? Great video.

[turtlespameater]

Great! Now all you need to do is switch the TV to Glen Beck and it'd be bloody awesome.

[MrLaurence007]

sweet shooting and awesome bows die tv die

[freetruckin]

Excellent...altho' we usually save the aerosols for the bonfire and get a real bang!Idea tho',why not try with flaming arrows?!

[bigbowbrum]

We would love to, but we shoot on a royal estate with high security so it wouldn't be a good idea to start blowing stuff up. We would have the men in black after us! ha ha.

[lewran]

Nice one boys, see you soon...

[pedobear123]

nice one

[firebelliedtoad]

Awesome, I would LOVE to hear you explain this to your home insurance! Also got yourselves a couple of frost proof arrows for next winter!

[Mububban23]

So modern flatscreen TVs can stop a war arrow, but they still konk out just after the warranty period expires hahaha.

Who/where did your source the arrowheads from? Are they hardened steel or just a mild steel? Do you guys forge them yourselves or do you know a historically minded blacksmith?

[bigbowbrum]

@Mububban23 We get most of our arrowheads from Hector Cole, who is one of the foremost historical blacksmiths in the country. They are all handforged and replica 14th century, made of steel. However I don't know the exact type of steel.

[vinsk8er4life]

awesome m8!

[vinsk8er4life]

AWESOME!

The music... AWESOME :P

The shots :O amazing!

I can finally shoot again after my minor .. ehh.. bruese?

Amazing movie, be sure to let me know when you will be around my house :)

[Agincourtwarbow]

Asome Video!, and greate film work! you are certainly doing a great job with these vidoes, thanks!

[wilsbow]

Very nice video !!

Greetings from Germany

[antpop1]

Great video! If I'm ever to go into battle I'll now consider strapping an LCD tv over my gambeson! ;P

[valentinsebastian]

Nice!! I like that... next time you should try a computer, theese things make me agry all the time!!!! :D

best regards

-Valentin

[Olwe1992]

haha those 'what not to wear in medieval combat' series are really fun to watch! xD

[appa609]

so the electronics still work?

[bigbowbrum]

@appa609 The electronics might, but I don't think the screen would show a great deal! ;)

[ulvehund]

Now I know what to do when the Newsanchor on the six o' clock news never have any good tidings... really nice filming, as always!

[0c0bor0]

that is cool :) really nice video!

[PsykoOps]

Nice vid. Little heavy with the edit. That looks cool in edit but it doesn't really suit this kind of video. *likes*

[MagicMitch1066]

Very nice video

[Landofwoads]

can you try the longbow on one of them anoying people that come to your house and try to sell you crap i allways wanted to do that but i just have to tell them to go away but if they say wait i just say fuck off to em

[bigbowbrum]

@Landofwoads Ha ha. If only!

[darkeye198]

Hahaha Brilliant!

[comicfan21]

time to start making our armor out of lcd screens =P

[son8god8damn]

damn you guys are bruts

[Wolfyz1]

I wish I could do that to my dead motherboard and monitor , Great video by the way.

[bigbowbrum]

@Wolfyz1 Yeah, we did think about doing it to a PC but we didn't think it would look very impressive.

[cbrusharmy]

LOVE IT!

[Antiks72]

Hey brum, there's a series around here called , "Will it blend?" whereby some guy puts different things into a blender to see what happens. You should start one using the longbow.

[bigbowbrum]

@Antiks72 Yeah great idea. "Can a war arrow go all the way through?" series!

[leonardo1480]

Damn the cheaply made TV to the action of a war bow, awesome shooting, and damn the TV breaking off a arrow head! lol

[Olwe1992]

Thanks for putting this on youtube! :D

No i've never felt like destroying the TV.. but i've wanted to shoot&burn&kick&hit those annoying computers for countless times :)

As always it was a lot of fun to watch,

cheers!

[martinh1948]

I think you have done it again Nick. Splendid !!!!

[Longbow574]

Awesome!

[kaziklu79]

Great! It's a pity there was no "reality" show on that tv - i'd like to see a Bodkin into an "idol" or "talent".

[boze7911]

Cool!