This is how to make a medieval arrow blunt

Courtesy of The Chalke Valley History Festival.

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[robertnett]

Can we talk about how well that medieval lathe works? It's amazing what you can do with string and a food pedal...

[loganatori]

I'm sorry did I just see a medieval LATHE? Thats absolutely awesome

[tristandaries]

That handmade lathe was way more impressive than any arrowhead

[GeminiRust]

I just love seeing the wood shavings fly off 😂

[elsnariano]

Man's looking dapper while wood working.

[zombinaagogo]

The manual wood lathe is everything!! That blew my mind how nice that came out from something so simple.

[aswinprasad]

in some cultures they used to burn the arrow tip and sharpen it.

[LarsonPetty]

Somewhere, there is a guy in chainmail conducting a prohibition era whiskey transaction.

[Jackthehalfblood]

I need a video of how to make the lathe

[abrahamamador]

The green arrow boxing glove arrow is HISTORICALLY ACCURATE?! This is amazing because it makes so much sense

[deadhorse]

Did they have points like that?
I’m in the USA and use blunts to hunt small game, you can buy ones with rubber tips or like I do just use an empty .38 cartridge case on the end of the shaft
I wonder how much difference the head like you made would be from a metal one in accuracy?

Like your pole lathe, I have a few antique treadle lathes

[maninalift]

Pole lathe and a shave horse and draw knife. I used these at school. Lovely tools to use

[Crossword]

Ahhhh! Its almost like potting on a wheel! Slick, buddy. Really cool.

[jamesholland]

His wood turning setup is simply awesome

[Duncan]

I was always told its not that people used them because of a cost difference, but because of regulation, more or less.

Pointed arrows, metal or wood, could take large game, like deer.

Where as blunted tips were Only effective on small game.

So in some regions having sharp tips, would be assumed for hunting the “kings deer” and you would essentially get in trouble for poaching

[KhaozVoid]

I kind oflike the idea of a work and rest stroke on a lathe, gives time to hit exactly where you need to. I knew they had a way of doing it, this is just the first time ive seen it in action. Really cool.

[kobun]

Not just the finished product but the tools and work pieces are really cool

[EVERGLOW]

What an absolutely beautiful man, I love wood work and to see that old school lathe brings joy to my heart. Oh what a simpler time life was back then, I try my best to live as simply as possible in this modern world does the soul good. Love from NC

[shuukenji]

"Tis how we blunt in ye olde times ma brethren" - Sir Snoopus Canaee

[animtorfiddler]

Love the Spring-Pole Lathe. Cut on the rotation TOWARDS you, Burnish as the piece rotates AWAY.
This guy plainly knows how to sharpen a chisel.