Making the Medieval Arrow Bag Part 2 - The Cloth Bag (Video 29)

In the second and final part of the series on the medieval arrow bag I show you how to make the body of the cloth bag out a piece of linen. I also show how the bag may have been worn in medieval times and how arrows could have been drawn from it. The music track accompanying this video is called Amoroso by the artist Skye Music. You can visit their page on the music sharing website. CONCLUSION... So, now the bag is finally complete what do I actually think of it? Well, overall I am very pleased with its look and its functionality, but there are some things I would change if I could do it over again, and these I have listed below. 1. When making the leather spacer I added the triangular slits to the holes to match some of the surviving examples from the Tudor warship Mary Rose (1545). However by cutting out these extra pieces of leather it made the spacer more flexible than I had planned, so if I were to make another I think I would leave out the slits in the hope that the disc would come o
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