Fire Arrows! - Video 25

Watch as Ed Warner prepares and shoots a selection of replica medieval incendiary arrows using an authentic recipe taken from crossbow quarrels in the Swiss National Museum's collection, Zurich.

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Sports

Tags:

• bow
• longbow
• warbow
• archer
• archery
• medieval
• bow and arrow
• england
• warfare
• fire arrow
• incendiary arrow
• crossbow
• quarrel
• battle
• history

[lilperch64]

do you guys know what century it is?

[bigbowbrum]

@lilperch64 We know what century we would rather it was! :)

[dasgilde]

HOW LONG IS THAT ARROW?

[bigbowbrum]

@dasgilde I'm not exactly sure but I would guess at 34" so Ed doesn't burn his hand at full draw.

[oyas11]

doesnt it smell

[bigbowbrum]

@oyas11 Ed, who appears in the video, tells me it does smell really bad, but I never caught a smell of the fumes while filming him.

[bigbowbrum]

@PsykoOps Yes it is possible for the heads to go out, but so far we have seen that only if the head is not well alight before being shot. We have thought about shooting them at a mocked up section of thatch, so perhaps we could make that into another video. :)

[theULTIMATEanswer42]

i would just like to remind you. only YOU can prevent forest fires.

[dasgilde]

@bigbowbrum aaa thanks

[battletoads22]

Yeah, because when I don't care about distance, I only reach for my 100lb bow. No sense in grabbing the 150 pounder. I want something LIGHT.

[pedobear123]

cool stuff man

[Saxon723]

@GuetoAnonimo crossbows are more poweful then english longbows. the crossbows of medieval europe were generally difficult to load rapidly because of there high level of power so crossbow men have a much slower rate of fire than a skilled archer. crossbowmen would have to use loading aids which slowed then down, the fastest loading aid is generally the belt and claw but it can only be used on lower powered crossbows

[wariscomeing]

@Jeedawg i was thinking the same thing haha 

[Jeedawg]

@ryenstein1 Are you seriously typing like that? Man, it's pretty important to maintain your writing skills buddy lol... I bet it's because you write the same way that you speak? Anyways when typing on a computer, you'll notice those red lines under words that are misspelled... that whole comment you wrote must of been underlined in red lol.