Richard Head Longbows

Richard Head Longbows 40+ years of professional experience in making English Longbows and arrows for the sport of archery, follow us here for info on how we make them.

Not quite Vantablack but close! Some interesting colour choices on these target arrows for Longbow, I wonder how they w...
12/06/2026

Not quite Vantablack but close! Some interesting colour choices on these target arrows for Longbow, I wonder how they will come out when fletched?...but that will have to wait as its the weekend, have a good one and I hope you get some Archery in...



Tudor style arrow...Butterfly approved!...have you seen may Butterflies this year?...
12/06/2026

Tudor style arrow...Butterfly approved!...have you seen may Butterflies this year?...



Another set of Footed Clout arrows ready, hopefully the customer will get some good distance with these, have you ever d...
11/06/2026

Another set of Footed Clout arrows ready, hopefully the customer will get some good distance with these, have you ever done Longbow Clout Archery ?...



10/06/2026

A few ways to fit hand forged arrowheads to Medieval style arrows. Using real bodkins can cause a few more issues due to uneven socket size, depth and internal shape, I hope this helps...



Wednesday Wave!...or hump day!? Some crested longbow arrows ready for fletching...
10/06/2026

Wednesday Wave!...or hump day!? Some crested longbow arrows ready for fletching...



New stock of Poplar (3/8 parallel and Taper 1/2") shafts and Ash (3/8 parallel) shafts just arrived...
09/06/2026

New stock of Poplar (3/8 parallel and Taper 1/2") shafts and Ash (3/8 parallel) shafts just arrived...



07/06/2026

The very basic stages of making a Tudor style arrow. An inserted Cow horn nock, creating the string groove, applying feathers, binding with silk and then fitting our 1/2" machine made heads...



A sunny set of longbow arrows for summer, other pictures of arrows I have posted people comment that they would not want...
06/06/2026

A sunny set of longbow arrows for summer, other pictures of arrows I have posted people comment that they would not want to use them incase they get damaged, my advice, dont miss the target!...



A set of target arrows for Longbow, I hope the customer likes them and gets many years of archery use out of them...
04/06/2026

A set of target arrows for Longbow, I hope the customer likes them and gets many years of archery use out of them...



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Melksham
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