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Olympic Archery isn’t the best style of archery! (Because the “best” style is a fluid thing and depends on what you enjoy and/or need)

Tutorials and more can be found here (it’s a link to my Patreon)

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If you can support the Arrows vs Armour 3 kickstarter, please do! These are some of the best tests we have of this sort of thing!

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This is a terrible idea… let’s try it!

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Are two weapons always better than one?

There’s a longer breakdown of this on Patreon!

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Can you use a greatsword in one hand? Can a zweihänder be an einshänder? Does a claymore clayless?

This topic was suggested by one of my Patrons!

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Let’s make some fruit salad!

If you like my videos, please consider supporting me on patreon

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Bows vs slingshots vs slings: which is which, and when is one better than the other?

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That’s enough phone content. I’m done now.

If you support me on Patreon, I might be able to break more things in the future though!

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Some of you know @adorkastock , but did you know she also makes bows? @adorkabows has you covered!

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I think you might be confusing stretching with moving. When you pull the string on a bow, the string does move, but it doesn’t change length (by any appreciable amount). Instead, it bends, forcing the limbs of the bow itself to bend as well to allow the string to be pulled back. But no stretching/extending of length is required in that process, and in fact if the string did extend, it would make the bow much less effective.

By contrast, a slingshot has limbs/prods that are static, and the string stretches and extends when you pull it back, changing in length in the process. This elasticity is what launches the shot, but it is a very different process from the lever motion that bows use, making them a different tool (in the same way that airguns are different from firearms that use gunpowder).

The assassin’s creed bow pictured has a string that is so long that there is no possible way that that bow could return to a position where that string is straight, unless the string itself changed in length significantly. This is an animation trick, as it’s easier to animate a line changing length than a 3d bow model bending and flexing. But in real life, something that worked that way would not actually be a bow, since it would be powered by string elasticity rather than the lever motion of the bending limbs.

A lot of things portrayed or marketed as bows are actually something else. So how can we tell the difference?

If you like bows, I use them also on Patreon

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A lot of things portrayed or marketed as bows are actually something else. So how can we tell the difference?

If you like bows, I use them also on Patreon

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“Don’t do that, it will explode!” is a very dangerous thing to say to someone who used to do science shows!

Anyway, here’s a video about shooting lithium-iron batteries…

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For sale: one iPhone. Some cosmetic damage. Sold as seen.

My old Nokia brick wouldn’t do me like this…

Anyway, this feels like a good time to plug my Patreon!

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Aiming while moving: super useful historically, but much less common in modern archery. It’s still great for modern pratting about though!

Patreon - Everything else

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Can you use high heels as a weapon?

Props to Bayonetta- that was pretty fun!

Outtakes go on Patreon this week!

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If you’re gonna step onto my turf, there are some things you should know…

This is a message for Sellsword Arts, but it also applies to anyone else who’s looking to take up acrobatic archery!

(And don’t forget, you can find tutorials for some of these pole and archery tricks on my Patreon)

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I enjoy Sellsword’s videos, but I have to stand up for my pointy stick launchers!

I have more stuff on Patreon