Leather Armor? (NO HOLDS BARRED!!)

[Tarbicus]

And from which primary source did this come? I can't find a single document that links the bodkin with armour piercing arrows.

Not my mistake, but maybe I was too hasty.


The Medieval English Longbow by Robert E. Kaiser, says that an arrow found in one of the turrets of the Chapter House in 1878 and, due to the construction of the war head, was probably made during the second half of the Hundred Years War. It then goes on to say that the type of war head, 'bearded' barbed, was devised to negate the protection offered by the combination mail and plate armour, which came into wide use after the Battle of Poitiers.

Published in the Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 23, 1980.

This PDF paper, An Approach to the Study of Ancient Archery using Mathematical Modelling, states that it is quite possible for the draw weight of the Mary Rose longbows to be 450 N using the mathematical model. This would fire an arrow of 60 grams (Pages 15 & 16). Are the modern tests made using draw weights of 350 N, I wonder?