Archery Equipment

Information about archery in the Kingdom of Atlantia

The current SCA-wide rules for target archery and thrown weapons.

This archer&#39 ;s bracer is made of cuir bouilli (boiled leather). Bracers were worn on the forearm to protect the it from the bowstring, and to keep any loose sleeve material out of the path of the string. Bracers are fastened around the forearm by a buckle at the end of Y-shaped leather straps rivetted to the bracer.

Medieval longbows and crossbows, as well as arrows and their constructi on.

Discusses 14th & 15th century archery, and includes articles on warbows, arrows, arrow bags, braces, strings, and shooting gloves, as well as an annotated list of archers' reference sources.

Dedicated to the English longbowman, the English warbow, and the English longbow.

A blog post with photos of leather items found on the Mary Rose (which sank in 1545), including bracers, a mitten, an arrow-spac er, leather bottles and buckets, shoes and boots, scabbards, and pouches.

An ongoing site with articles and links on archery as it applies to the Middle Ages and the SCA.

A video discussing a medieval archer's bracer, how it was made, and how it was used.

Includes topics on making arrows, bowstrings , and a back quiver.

Furthers the study of the development of the bow and arrow across the world from earliest times until the present day and to consider all matters relating to the history of archery in general.

Includes suggestion s for use and constructi on of shooting gloves; bracers; bowstrings ; bows; arrows; quivers, bow-bags, and arrow-bags .

This thesis by Fredrik Lundstrom deals with archery in the Viking Age settlement of Birka and in particular the presence of Euro Asiatic, steppe nomadic archery equipment at the Birka Garrison and one Birka grave.
Swedish with English summary.