Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
‘Arrows vs Armour’ is back and we are shooting medieval war arrows at the top half of an armoured knight using armour and arrows that are correct in every detail. The main film shows exactly what happened to the armour and the arrows.
Of course plate armour could be made from a variety of iron and steel types – they are not all the same, there was not just one choice. What difference in their protective qualities do the different materials have?
We set up a comparative test shooting against wrought iron, bloomery iron, bloomery steel and a modern mild steel and a modern carbon steel to see how they all perform and use the results to help inform our discussions.
We have also put together a website hosting all the films, documents, supplier contacts and biographies for this series of films todtodeschini.com/youtube-projects/arrows-v-armour-2
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Main film youtu.be/ds-Ev5msyzo
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Mail tests youtu.be/qiyOIZ4Vm_I
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Arrowhead tests youtu.be/30RuqOH-7xw
Arrows vs Armour 2 - How powerful is a war bow? youtu.be/qZotewSan_k
Produced by
todcutler.com and todsworkshop.com
Music: Rise - by TwinsMusic - Licenced from Bensound.com
‘Arrows vs Armour’ is back and we are shooting medieval war arrows at the top half of an armoured knight using armour and arrows that are correct in every detail. The main film shows exactly what happened to the armour and the arrows.
Of course plate armour could be made from a variety of iron and steel types – they are not all the same, there was not just one choice. What difference in their protective qualities do the different materials have?
We set up a comparative test shooting against wrought iron, bloomery iron, bloomery steel and a modern mild steel and a modern carbon steel to see how they all perform and use the results to help inform our discussions.
We have also put together a website hosting all the films, documents, supplier contacts and biographies for this series of films todtodeschini.com/youtube-projects/arrows-v-armour-2
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Main film youtu.be/ds-Ev5msyzo
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Mail tests youtu.be/qiyOIZ4Vm_I
Arrows vs Armour 2 – Arrowhead tests youtu.be/30RuqOH-7xw
Arrows vs Armour 2 - How powerful is a war bow? youtu.be/qZotewSan_k
Produced by
todcutler.com and todsworkshop.com
Music: Rise - by TwinsMusic - Licenced from Bensound.com
