Apologies to anybody who's already seen these on FB but a conversation with Pat made me think some other people might want to see these - more for the wood type than anything.
These are EWBS Standard arrows (trailing cut fletchings) as designed by Hugh Soar, and EWBS Livery arrows which are replicas of those found on the Mary Rose.
For ages, I've never been able to find true poplar arrow shafts - populus tremula or "aspen" to be specific. Most archery suppliers in the UK sell arrow shafts called "poplar" which is actually tulipwood. While almost identical to real poplar and superb for arrows, the weight is slightly higher than aspen which means in half inch shaft diameter the weight is simply too high for the specified 52g Standard arrow. It also means that to match the weight of Mary Rose arrows, the shafts must be bobtailed right from the head to reduce weight. Using real aspen, the shafts can be left full diameter (1/2") until well over halfway towards the nock before tapering. This is a much closer representation of the originals.
The Livery arrows are around 50g without a head (they will be armed with 10g Tudor bodkins) and the Standard arrows are on average 44g. All will be 32" long.
So anyway, these are aspen arrows, fletched with goose and whipped with pure silk. The Livery arrow fletchings are 7.5" long and 5/8" high, while the Standard arrows have 6" x 3/4" fletchings. The nock inserts are 1mm local cow horn.
