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Arrow Technical Specifications

The British Long-Bow Society Standard Arrow

The John Holder Challenge Mark Arrow (Pickwick Pepperpots)

• The shaft must be a minimum of 12mm diameter, made of an indigenous European wood.

• The shaft can be bobtailed (even taper from nock to head) but not barrelled.

• The shaft cannot be footed with a different wood; however a repaired shaft is ok as long as it has been repaired with wood of the same type as the shaft.

• The nock must be of a self nock type and strengthened with horn.

• The head must be of forged steel and have an outside diameter of no less than 12mm.

• The fletchings must be a minimum of 8.5" long and no less than 5/8" and can go to 3/4" high at the back edge, these are to be cut in the medieval pattern and all the trailing edges must be left as nature intended.

• Binding of the fletching is optional.

• The overall weight must be no less than 74.5 grams.

• The length of the arrow must be no shorter than 31.5" between nock and start of the head.

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