Good stuff Shad and thanks for the getting Joe and I in there - almost as good as meeting you in person. Interesting thoughts as regards how putting the arrow on the right side changes your draw and makes it easier to draw a heavy bow. I have never actually shot from this side, so I will have to go try it out and see if your observations work for me too. - thanks for a new train of thought.

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

Truly my pleasure mate and awesome to see you here. I'm really excited to keep trying this style and explore both the benefits and detriments. There are some techniques that should help keep the arrow on the shaft that I really want to test, even when using Mediterranean draw, like raising the thumb on the hand holding the bow to lock the arrow in place during the draw, or holding the forefinger that is drawing the arrow against it to push it back, called the slavic draw or something. All very exciting, I just need my darn arrows to arrive!!

@ArcherWarhound

4 жыл бұрын

@@shadiversity, you should give ryddragyn's channel a look: I've been subscribed to him for a while, he's got a lot great archery content.

@hugovanpayns9557

4 жыл бұрын

@@shadiversity Hi Shad, just wanted to say I love your content. Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Netherlands! :)

@hugoakerlund5114

4 жыл бұрын

Have you gotten your channel back?

@HistoricalWeapons

4 жыл бұрын

I am currently working towards 170lbs@32 and I find this method much more effective

Shad: This sucker is 92 to 110 pounds, it is huge Tod’s Friend: * Laughs in 150 pound war bow *

@thegrammarcrusader4085

4 жыл бұрын

Sucker*?

@Zwerchhau1411

4 жыл бұрын

The Grammar Crusader, thank you

@tommeakin1732

4 жыл бұрын

That guy can pull 200 pounds, but only for a few shots. They went for 150-160 (I don't remember exactly what they went for) in those tests because he felt like that was his "I can shoot this all day" level; i.e. if he was actually going to fight in a battle and be required to sustain a high rate of fire over the course of a battle, he'd go for that kind of weight

@solarissv777

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommeakin1732 imagine, that with "Instant Legolas", he would be able to use 320 pound bow, that's scary. However, to make it historically plausible, one would need to attach a reversed 160lbs bow in front of a massive 320lbs bow + the mechanism itself, that would be some cumbersome contraption.

@lunacorvus3585

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Meakin It is also because that’s a better representation of war bow used during that time period since that is the average poundage of English war bow

Shad Fact: Shad is no longer playing badminton due to a misunderstanding of the word Volley.

@wesleyclifford6606

4 жыл бұрын

(Hmmms in knight)

@kooksies5712

4 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyclifford6606 (Hmmms in Geralt)

@thegrammarcrusader4085

4 жыл бұрын

Thats hilarious

@prepareforbattle2051

4 жыл бұрын

Shad. Where did you buy your gambeson from?

@potus2582

4 жыл бұрын

@@prepareforbattle2051 can probably find them at Kult of Athena

"shad out of surgery" Doctor : Stay calm and rest "shad start to build a castle" Doctor : Whaaaat .

Shads children: "Mommy, daddy's building a castle again!" Shads wive: facepalms.

@spacejesus6581

4 жыл бұрын

_AGAIN?_ I’m sorta new here so... _AGAIN?!?_

@MrRourk

4 жыл бұрын

She probably nagging him to finish it already

@Krahazik

4 жыл бұрын

EyeAr WeeTawTed He had a castle playfort the backyard of his previous house. Probably to large to packup and bring to the new house so time to build a new one. Checkout some of his older videos, it can be seen the the background of some of the videos he shot in his back yard.

@nosajimiki5885

4 жыл бұрын

Turns out the surgery was just a lie so he's have more time for castle making.

@erikjarandson5458

4 жыл бұрын

@@spacejesus6581 Yep. Again. Shad's gotten the old proverb backwards. To Shad, a man's castle is his home. If an otherwise regular house had machicolations, it _might_ be acceptable. You'd have to ask him.

Shad: Hi, I'm Shad, I had surgery and shouldn't do anything to compromise my health. *80 pound war bow comes in* Shad: Now let's bend my back with some experimental arrow shooting!

@slothbaby2104

4 жыл бұрын

he is a complete unit

@eidolor

4 жыл бұрын

Of course he needs to properly recover for machicolations but.. side quiver

@catneko6855

4 жыл бұрын

technically he is back FROM surgery that was supposed to open up a clog- which I assume is successful since he is able to still breath and move rather then double over and gasp for air- unless he isn't showing us that again :/

@samuelevans738

4 жыл бұрын

@@catneko6855... ... ... uh oh... ...

@haroldhahn7044

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like me, working at my wood turning lathe, with a broken bone in my foot! What could possibly go wrong? I wish I had a video of when I got the answer to that question! It would have been good for a laugh!

1920s: We will have flying cars in 2020. 2020: Tactical English Warbow Attachments

@PANCAKEMINEZZ

4 жыл бұрын

Technology evolved in the right direction.

@vipertwenty249

4 жыл бұрын

We had flying cars not long after 1920 - just that no-one bought them. A search on utube yields some interesting videos!

@digivagrant

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Joerg gets on that

@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522

4 жыл бұрын

Needs a bayonet

@Tfin

4 жыл бұрын

@@vipertwenty249 If you need to drive it to an airstrip to take off, it's a roadable plane, not a flying car.

12:05 Shad rolls a natural 20 on his first attack

@spacejesus6581

4 жыл бұрын

Automatic Critical Hit

“Look at how beautiful that shaft is...” Rags murmured lustfully.

@Hirome_Satou

4 жыл бұрын

I think you meant Rags'''s''s

@winkles2314

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Dunbar I think you meant Wag's's's

@Mythonaut

4 жыл бұрын

Rags’s’s’s’s

@libertyprime1710

4 жыл бұрын

*Yeah Boy intensifies*

@alexlee4154

4 жыл бұрын

Rag

More like CHADiversity. Look at this lad

@wesleyclifford6606

4 жыл бұрын

Manga San shad likes to be humble

@thegrammarcrusader4085

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@luc-zq7ku

4 жыл бұрын

this need more like

Hey shad I'm a warbow archer currently working on 170lb@32. First I want to say you can shoot both sides. On the non conventional side you need to apply a torque on the fingers and tilt the other way. The main advantage of this technique is slightly faster rof and easier to shoot thicker arrows. It truly takes longtime to shoot warbows and my body has deformed slightly. It is a fun hobby you should get into

Pictured here: Sir Shad of Machicoland commissioning a dastardly weapon of war from the master artificer Joerg, circa 2020 (colourised)

*Medieval Longbow/Warbow Misconceptions:* 1. It requires more DEX stat points than STR stat points

@PJDAltamirus0425

4 жыл бұрын

That probably comes from the fact that deer and rabbit hunting is the most common activity which involves bow usage. 100 to 150 plus pounds for killing a deer and rabbit is overkill, most people would use a much lighter draw weight bow. Then there is also sneaking around and tracking game... which is a dex skill. Also, bow don't really transfer allot of kinetic energy so if you don't clean a perfect shot on a animal... you need up having to track down a sprinting panicking animal that is bleeding to death.

@Ake-TL

4 жыл бұрын

Philip Dyer wasn’t hunting exactly wounding animal, letting animal bleed to death and tracking it back then ?

@czarnyrycerz3377

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ake-TL Isnt it like that even now?

@PJDAltamirus0425

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ake-TL .....Depends on the hunting. Boar hunting was so dangerous that it was something done with dogs, horses, spears, crossbows, and reserved for Nobles and their retainers... it was considered a war exercise. I was referencing deer.... rabbit and.. probably bird hunting would be the most reflex based.

@beneteus3833

4 жыл бұрын

so, shortbow = finesse (eihter dex or str) longbow (warbow) = str and if you could you would kill the animal with the first shot - so you didnt have to track and potetially loose it

Shad: "I'm recovering from surgery" Also Shad: * Makes one of his longest outdoors videos so far * :P Love you shad, keep it up !

@michagruzewski5592

4 жыл бұрын

His stat scaleing increased... Soon he will be unstoppable...

@bakagaming8337

4 жыл бұрын

tbh, most likely him recovering also is one of the reasons he didn't use the 100lb bow :p

Not gonna lie Shad there was a part of me that couldn't stop thinking about all the gasping and wheezing you no doubt edited out. Get well sir and hope the surgery ends up helping!

It's nice to see that Shad gets as worked up over anachronism (the Historian's Mortal Sin) as I do. Also, that image that Shad spent a good amount of time on is not an actual medieval event; it is a medieval depiction of the story of Saint Sebastian, who was condemned to be shot by arrows for refusing to persecute his fellow Christians in ancient Roman times. He did not die from the arrow wounds and was brought back to health by an old widow. He then went BACK to the emperor (I forget which) who stood staring at him for like a minute before ordering his guards to simply beat Sebastian to death. The majority of the story is actually in the artwork (him being shot in the foreground, found by the widow in the background just off to the right, and returning to the emperor in the far right background). The reason I mention this is actually to give even greater testament to the artist who did it because he made everything so accurate in order to make the story more readable to the general population (lives of the saints were typically written in Latin, not the vernacular). Anyway, that's my rant. As you were.

@E_Wolfe

4 жыл бұрын

I must be missing something. It seems like the whole painting is an anachronism as it depicts an event in 286 AD with the garb and weapons of the Late Medieval period.

@jenniferschmitzer299

4 жыл бұрын

Albrecccccccchhhhhhhhttttttt!!!! no seriously. my sons middle name is Sebastian. Always loved the story about him even though it was quite horrid. i knew a Bastien. He wore a Blue Feather. Lovely chap and great cook.

@louisvictor3473

4 жыл бұрын

This is a very good point. Medieval artists pf many periods had this habit of depicting events whatever was current on their time, exactly for the purpose of making it easier for people to relate and understand what is being depicted, rather asking questions like "why they dress lile that, the fuck is that helmet, why a yellow small sword, lol that shield" etc. Which is a very in favor of Shad's hypothesis, they probably depicted archery as done on their time so people don't fuss over that either.

@jenniferschmitzer299

4 жыл бұрын

Louis Victor yeah.. like wtf when i got to go to that tiny room that that Uccello was commissioned to do. sooooo inaccurate. but pretty. much lapis lazuli was used. still loved it HARD btw, previously got my late 14th c artists mixed up. whoops. my bad. firenze is intoxicating. specially the domed ceilings. they are everywhere in the old bit.

I always imagined you going shopping at the mall with that gambeson. I can't see you without it 😄

@Yora21

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering what's going on with his glasses, but then I remembered that it's peak summer in Australia and he's outside in a gambeson. Must be sweating like a pig.

Shad: Nothing to see here! Castle In Construction: Am I joke to you?

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about.

@someirishboi6308

4 жыл бұрын

@@shadiversity hello

@Izunundara

4 жыл бұрын

It's strange but my helm just fell down over my face and I couldn't see that side of the screen, good thing there was nothing to see so I missed nothing

@knightveg

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think I saw a castle being built I wish I could say the word (I have dyslexia) he says all the time when constructing castles

@thegrammarcrusader4085

4 жыл бұрын

@Joe natoli, even the best knights miss sometimes. And also thanks for shedding some light on that... Barzûl.

This video is just Shad low-key flexing on everyone super hard "80 pound draw? ez" "remember guys, recovering from surgery" xD

23:54 is a prime example of why actually testing something yourself gives more information than hearing/reading/theory crafting about it is. Thanks Shad. :D

23:53 when you see that expression on Shad's face when he "noticed something" It's the expression of enlightenment. 😆

@robmartin525

4 жыл бұрын

I want to see this as an EFAP meme!

@Cillranchello

4 жыл бұрын

The look on his face reminded me a of a quote. "The greatest discoveries aren't heralded with 'Eureka!' but 'Huh that's funny...'"

@Xaiff

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cillranchello Ooooh! Good one

HE SURVIVED!!! Glad to see you back, mate

I just finished The shadow of the conqueror, daiiim dude that book was good.

@hugodelin4304

4 жыл бұрын

@Gavin Harris sounds interesting I will have to check it out

@austintrigloff9562

4 жыл бұрын

Same, it's interesting seeing a story from the perspective of a... Reformed... lifelong war criminal.

24:39 "Firing" Shad is invoking the wrath of Lindybeige! xD

@pRahvi0

4 жыл бұрын

He's using the heretic language of an arquebusier!

@Mitaka.Kotsuka

4 жыл бұрын

its quite curious how everyone here comes from the very same channels, lingshot, lindy, shad, skallagrim,

@edwardteach3000

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Metatron!

4 жыл бұрын

There's no Boer children to exterminate, or bren guns to worship, Lindy can do little harm.

@WayoftheFerret

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mitaka.Kotsuka I'm here from EFAP, I've never heard of any of the channels you listed

So good to see Shad outside again. Good to see you on your feet. Keep being awesome!

@Nerobyrne

4 жыл бұрын

hopefully the operation will result in more energy! Poor guy, hope he feels better now!

He's building a castle or something in his back garden. AWESOME.

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about

@lanasmith4795

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly it's just a gazebo. a dire gazebo.

@MonkeyJedi99

4 жыл бұрын

@@lanasmith4795 I LOVE the phrase "dire gazebo". I'm stealing it. Nyah.

@lanasmith4795

4 жыл бұрын

@@MonkeyJedi99 use it with pride friend

@isitnotwrittenthat1680

4 жыл бұрын

@@lanasmith4795 just don't shoot it, fire mages have mostly AoEs and the tanks don't like those

I learnt archery in a re-enactment group in NSW about thirty years ago, and the arrow was on the right. Quick to load, easy to loose. I've never used a window cut out. Glad to see you up and around. Don't over do it.

@jenniferschmitzer299

4 жыл бұрын

ooooh... a Light in the 90s? AS sumfing? hmmmmmm

0:55 Shad: I finally bit the bullet... No, Shad, you bit the arrow

Welcome back!!! Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Glad to see youre healing nicely. Best wishes and luck to you and yours, Shad

When he says "RIGHT IN THE HEAAARTT!," it makes me understand how Australia fought so viciously at gallipoli

Important point: Accuracy becomes even less important when you are firing at a formation instead of a single person. I suspect that in relatively DRAWN out engagements, firing a ton of arrows over a short period of time is far more important than accuracy, especially if obstructions and distance is such that you can't even see you're targets very well. Accuracy would be even less relevant for unpredictably moving targets, at that point it's all about volume of fire. There is also a psychological impact that rapid firing projectiles have on the human mind, even if those projectiles are very inaccurate. That's where the doctrine of "suppressive fire" comes from in modern warefare. A less accurate automatic weapon can "scare" enemies into hiding behind cover, while mobile troops with semiautomatic weapons maneuver to a better position.

Finally you're back.Take your time to recover Shad.We can wait a little longer.

@nasserfirelordarts6574

4 жыл бұрын

Ofcourse we can, as we are all civilized people in a civilized time

@TylerLawlawsy02

4 жыл бұрын

Hello there, General Kenobi

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

@@nasserfirelordarts6574 hello there, Firelord Ozai

@valasarius

4 жыл бұрын

@@ls200076 Hello there elektron 117

@nasserfirelordarts6574

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-vt6td9hp3g *I HATE YOU*

The reason you were struggling to keep the arrow on the right side has to do with the fact that you were using a Mediterranean style 3-finger draw. The problem with this is that your fingers naturally pull the string and the arrow to the right, away from the shaft, when you pull back. This is ideal for shooting off the left side because it keeps the arrow against the shaft more effectively, however, when shooting from the right side you want to use a thumb-draw. Clip the string with your thumb and use your first finger as leverage to pull the arrow back. The Mongolian archer you showed shows this technique. Not only will this naturally twist the arrow to the left, but your other fingers press it against the shaft. This is the main reason so many people say that medieval europian war archers primarily shot from the left side. The Mediterranean draw makes it easier to draw heavy bows than the thumb draw. Because these bows are well-known for being 100-200 lbs, It makes more sense to use the Mediterranian draw and by extension, shoot off the left side.

@paulpasche7853

4 жыл бұрын

Good points, but I would like to add one more. When you draw the bow, you keep both eyes open, for depth perception. It would seem to me, with the arrow on the right side, the bow would block sight of the target from your left eye, effecting your depth perception. In theory...

@historikerfabio

4 жыл бұрын

there is a technique which enables you to fire on the right side using 3 fingers, though. this would be the slavic release. a good video explaining it is from armin hirmer, a guy with a archery range in malta. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d319tMuqpNi4dqg.html

@geweurzgurke

4 жыл бұрын

Just a little ramble about some Things: The Bows which were used in Thumbarchery were in general more energy efficient. So They could also get away with less draw weight and also achive high Energy transfer to the arrow. Even Quing dynasty Warbows (also called Manchu Bows) don't go as high drawweight wise as European longbows. Edit: it seems that Manchu Bow were Rather simmilar to the Draw Weights of English Longbows. Another methode to shoot the Arrow from the right side is to use the techniqe some call "Slavic Draw" its like a normal 3 Finger Split draw but your index finger rests on the arrow and pushes it against the bow. It is probably very historically inacurate to shoot a longbow like this (if even possible with just 2 fingers to pull the weight). The sources that cite this method are a little unclear. To my knowledge it is described by arabic or ottoman sources regarding the use of ottoman Style bows by those "slavic" Slave soldiers in thier armies. Another thing seems to be that Shad seems to be resting the arrow on the leather wrapping of the handle as a pseudo arrow shelf. That is very instable. In asiatic archery you rest the arrow on your thumb and nock it quite a lot (1-1,5 cm) above the line where it rests on the thumb. So the arrow points downward. That is mainly done so you dont scratch your hand with the feathers (I have white feathers with some dark spots that demonstrate what happens if you don't do it that way) but it also might help with stability. Lastly I think I might have to disagree with the "tilting the bow counterclockwise and leaning back" to stabilize it. Many styles that shoot heavy Bows and have developed some what seperately, lean INTO the bow in the final moments of the draw to reach full Draw. So it would develop bad habits when teaching people to lean away wen starting. And since Archery is mainly about core Muscle strength and repetittion I can't immagine that at least competent Instructors would have tought this way. But that might also just be survival bias.

@MooseHowl

4 жыл бұрын

13:36 shows the Mongolian archer's technique in case anyone couldn't find it.

@historikerfabio

4 жыл бұрын

@@mortenjacobsen5673 what do you mean thumb, slavic draw are causes of fiction? they were done historically, no doubt about it.

shad: here are some videos on why a bow is not necessarily the best weapon for those less muscular and fit shad: guys i’m recovering from surgery to help with my severe CFS which makes it extremely difficult to do strenuous activity shad: anyway who wants to see me shoot an 80 lb english longbow. also i’m building a literal castle in my back yard

While I think you're right about the right vs left side for the arrow placement, I will say that I've drawn archers with other good details before while getting the arrow on the "wrong" side because I hadn't realized which side it was supposed to be on. It's possible that some old artists made the same mistake, but the sheer number makes me think that you're right.

Looking great Shad! Glad you're recovering well. 😁

Some neighbors have to deal with balls going through their windows These neighbors have to deal with longbow arrows

@roguegen5536

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the crazy guy in armor, running up and down the street with a sword on his back

@gryphonprovenzano3156

4 жыл бұрын

Meh it’s Australia...

@mayhemivory5730

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the castle in the backyard. They can't even fight back.

@spacejesus6581

4 жыл бұрын

Mayhem Ivory they need to buy a canon and canon balls from a museum to fight the legendary Shad

@LindaGailLamb.0808

4 жыл бұрын

@@spacejesus6581 He'd probably just catch the cannon balls and throw them back 😁.

Another longbow misconception or myth I would love you to explain more thoroughly is the unit volley method of combat archery. Not really pinpoint shooting but knowing range and general direction lead by a more skilled individual to lead the unit to be more effectively, I.e. reading the weather, choosing targets, etc. I definitely see the advantage in a moral and training perspective. If a force is getting hit with a few arrows and maybe one person falls after 6 shots it isnt so scary. Having 20-30 arrows all fly in at once and seeing 6+ people be hit in someway maybe even a few deaths would much more effectively affect the moral of that unit. And the best way to win a fight is by getting a force to break rank and flee. Love to see the main follow up but maybe more in between. For example I once heard that in england, every Saturday (or Sunday?) the peasant males were required to train with the longbow from lunch till dinner. This was so that the peasant levys were already trained up on the basics and can fight well if forced to.

In many anime shows and art made today we see stars being drawn over the moon as if the moon was hollow. I really find it hard to believe that artists at the time wouldn't just be drawing the arrow on the wrong side by mistake or simply because they are copying other artworks instead of actual reality. This is why detailed text descriptions would be far more convincing evidence than just artwork.

hey Shad, four things i want to mention that i noticed when shooting my own bows: 1. Recurve (reflex) Bows feel and are a lot harder to draw then English Longbows (deflex) of the same poundage, since the Recurve Bows have a stronger take off poundage and therefor store more engery, so no surprise that your 60-80 pound Longbow doesnt feel much stronger then your 45 pound Recurve. The longbow only reaches its maximum drawweight at the very end of the draw. 2. As a right hander, the string tends to roll clockwise down your finders into its resting position, if you have a tight nok, that can push the arrow to the right, wich is why you had trouble keeping it in place. 3. Befor i started watching i instantly thought that the backstop you have there will eat a lot of arrows, try to relocate to an open field if you can, you dont want your expensive historical arrows getting eaten up by the metal fence or dense plywood. 4. I often shoot in the summer with no cloth covering my arm and only the archers brace protecting my left arm, because of that i never used carbon or aluminium arrows. With wooden arrows you can predict where they will brake, and the arrowmaker will take that into account, building it in a way that if it brakes upon release, it will brake away from your arm and not get stuck into it. Also if a wooden arrow has a crack its a lot easier to see that and sort the arrow out then to detect fatigue on carbon or aluminium arrows. have fun practising! ;) edit: one more thing: if your arrows have the right spine for your drawweight, the archers paradox should take care of most of the compensation you have to do when shooting either from the left or right of your bow.

@tataludwiczka8061

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHl7j86yade3d84.html

@hernerweisenberg7052

4 жыл бұрын

​@@tataludwiczka8061 To me, Lars Andersen is more a showman then an archer. He is really good at what hes doing, but i would have more respekt for him if he would shoot real bows instead of toys ;)

@_gold_eye_2656

4 жыл бұрын

Werner Heisenberg I’ve always thought horsebows/recurves look cooler and better than longbows the issue is the durability idk I’m not an archer just a history nerd I’ve heard that recurve bows pack more energy than longbows though is this true? I also prefer the compact design and ability to shoot from horseback but longbows more durable and practical design is still appealing seeing as you can make them out of a branch you find in the woods and it’ll last you awhile

@hernerweisenberg7052

4 жыл бұрын

@@_gold_eye_2656 Yes, recurves store more energy then typical english longbows of the same drawweight and draw length due to having a higher take up weight. Those longbows start as a straight staff but over time they suffer from stringfollow, meaning they are curved back in the direction they are being bend back during the draw. This leads to them loosing a little bit of their max drewweight, and also there is less tension when stringing them up cause they dont have to be bend back that much anymore to get the string on, leading to a lower take up weight. Recurves on the other hand are bend forewards a lot, you need to put a lot more energy in to install the string by bending back the arms a lot even befor you draw. therefore they have a higher takeup weight and more force is applied to the arrow along the entire way of acceleration. So even tho they might have the same maximum drawweight as a english longbow, longbows have a lower average force if you look on the entire lenght of arrow-acceleration. A longbow can still come out on top regarding the energy it puts into the arrow, if the drawlength differs suficiantly. I find the differences of these two bows quite interesting, its a lot more complex then it seems on the first look. Another difference for example is that a longbow usually has more mass, and keep in mind the arrow is not the only thing that needs to get accalerated when you loose the string. The string itselve and the arms of the bow have to move aswell. The larger the portion of mass that needs to get accelerated besides the arrow, the lower the efficiancy. Thats why longbows usually shoot with heavier, slower arrows, too keep the efficiancy up, where as recurves are lighter, therefore you can use lighter, faster arrows. I can talk about it forever, but i think this is enough to show how complex this is if you analize the physics behind it ;)

Shad: Nothing to see here ... EVERYONE: MaChicoLations!!!1!

I love how much he genuinely enjoys things like this. Keep up the good work Shad, and keep on writing too!

21:04 "I'm not aiming for Bullseye, I'm aiming for a person" Instantly misses. Comedic timing is strong with this one.

3:00 OMG he's building a fort, he's building a FORT!!!

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@TheHorseman0fApocalypse

4 жыл бұрын

@@shadiversity i played enough games to understand that you are lying

@valasarius

4 жыл бұрын

Its a Castle you blackened Kretin! (No harm meant)

@holycow666

4 жыл бұрын

@@shadiversity Of course you have no idea, because it's not a fort, it's a castle with MACHICOLATIONS!

@muhatasimalam8698

4 жыл бұрын

@@valasarius I actually called it castle before editing it. (No offense taken)

Hey Shad, Glad you're doing well. Really nice to see you out and about again.

Shad Fact: Shad is so passionate about these topics, that you can watch his videos at 0.75x speed with zero issues. Love ya mate. Hope the surgery went smoothly. All the best for the recovery. Would be interesting to somehow compare maximum drawable weight with right-side vs left-side drawn arrowa.

"Look how beautiful the shaft is :O whoah" Thats what us pikemen always say when drills start at 8 in the morning! Greetings a from Dutch 80 years war reenactor

Shad: *starts unwrapping the longbow* That sight’s so sexy this video could be reported for nudity.

@DavidM-um2uk

4 жыл бұрын

I know, right? When it was wrapped, I thought "Man, that thing is ugly", and then he took the plastic off to reveal a true work of art.

@hadrianbuiltawall9531

4 жыл бұрын

Is it classed as strip tease or pole dancing?

@Diapolo10

4 жыл бұрын

@@hadrianbuiltawall9531 Yes.

The smaller bow you're holding in the beggining looks like if a violin turned into a bow.

@johnstuartkeller5244

4 жыл бұрын

Fiddling about with archery can be quite violint.

@clarewillison9379

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what happens when a violin gets angry...

@chisaten

4 жыл бұрын

If you want to get technical; that first bow is violin; second bow is a cello; third bow is a contrabass.

@robertdevito5001

4 жыл бұрын

John Stuart Keller Under appreciated reply

@thegingerkingshanks7587

4 жыл бұрын

Just for future reference the smaller bow is called a recurve bow

Shad'd Doctor: "So soon after surgery, you really shouldn't... you know... you won't listen anyway. Carry on."

Got bored building castles in Conan Exiles, so started building one in his back garden.

How satisfied you are with your discovery at 24:00. :D Love your enthusiasm.

@haraldisdead

4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly! He's so pure

"Look at how beautiful this shaft is!" *heavy breathing*

in 1999-2000, I competed nationally in instinctive traditional (barebow) archery, and what I was taught regarding the inside/outside arrow is that you want the shaft on the outside of the bow when you draw and hold, since you will be using three fingers and take your time, and on the inside of the bow, using the thumb and index to fire rapidly. Setting the arrow of the inside allows for much quicker action than setting it on the outside, but the outside allows you a stronger pull and longer hold. Not correcting anything, just bringing what I was taught to the discussion Edit: I used a short Mongolian Horse archer's bow, but my coach used an english warbow

One of my cats stopped what he was doing, and looked intently when you were demonstrating the "medieval archer stance". I am a bit concerned for my safety now...

Good to see ya back on your feet, you absolute Shad!

My goodness, Shad is building a castle! Is it just me or is life brighter all of a sudden?

@lionheartedlux

4 жыл бұрын

No there is nothing there

Welcome back Shad! So great to see your feeling better.

I was re reading Full metal alchemist out of nostalgia and it hit me, Shad should do an armor review of Alphonse Elric in a similar way he looked at the goblin slayer armor.

@thehackingburger3002

4 жыл бұрын

That thing has SOO many issues, I can already tell ya. I mean, I'm not the kind of guy who notices accuracy/functionality when I'm watching something, but I certainly DID notice when it came to Al. Why the spikes!? So many spikes...

Whenever I fired a bow as a kid (homemade), I allways shot from the right side. I hadn't paid any attention to what side other people place the arrow on, and just did what felt natural.

@JeromeSkavenSlayer

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine that most bowmen in the medieval ages couldn't afford a tutor, and learned the same way you did, maybe taking protips from the neighbors and such.

3:00 Pretty sure I saw oh never mind there was nothing to see

So glad to see you back Shad! Glad your surgery went well! A speedy and healthy recovery to you!

Im happy to see shad discuss the bow. But more importantly im estatic to see shad up and about after his surgery and doing so well. Were all relieved to see you back at it again and recovering nicely. Wishing you the best from South Carolina.

On the topic of the ‘right side of the bow’: standardisation is a modern phenomenon. I bet in the olden days they’d do what suited them best or what the person who teached them told them.

@weisthor0815

4 жыл бұрын

imagine being in a battle line of longbowmen and some thousand heavy armored french knights on horseback are charging your position. you want to fire as much arrows as possible in the least amount of time, so you will use the right side of the bow, because it is faster. it´s just common sense.

@Xaiff

4 жыл бұрын

@@weisthor0815 Imagine you are an English longbowman at that time, seeing French bowmen shooting with their arrows on the right side. You then go "I hate them and their way of life" and you start placing your arrow on the left side

@weisthor0815

4 жыл бұрын

@@Xaiff except the french rarely had any bowmen at all. they relied on crossbows.

@Gotz_the_iron_hand

4 жыл бұрын

Well, at least it didn't go as far as the whalers on the moon thing from Futurama.

@TGPDrunknHick

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine not everyone was trained particularly well. most people were probably just passable. as in, don't hit our people. a lot of people were likely illl trained. a quote from obliviob I think is apt "the best techniques are passed on by the survivors". this points out that a lot of techniques that were used didn't make it very far because the practitioners either died without a successor or people realised that other techniques worked better. to say that yeah maybe left side bow is more effective, sure. there were likely many that used the other side. it may not have been as effective and may have died out as well. still likely was used at some point though.

Welcome back mate! Good to see you're doing well!

I’m so happy your back and doing so well in your recovery. Please don’t over stress yourself

Another point on the medieval artwork; until later in the middle ages artists were guild craftsmen like cobblers or candle-makers, not like the specialized, highly paid celebrities we see in the mid to late renaissance. They wouldn't necessarily be specialist employees of the nobility or a rich church dioceses, so may have had direct experience using those longbows for hunting or warfare. Fascinating subject, I'm really enjoying these archery videos. I'm also very pleased to see you recovering well Shad, wishing you good health.

Aye, but what about dragons??? The alert noise got me rolling lmao

15:40 This painting shows it's not a mere convenience that they're on the painter's side, because the one on the right doesn't have the arrow on the left. If that was an argument someone wanted to use. Edit: HA! You got to that just minutes later.

@speedking92

4 жыл бұрын

What I also find interesting is that when he shot the arrow from the right side, he had to lean back instead of forward. And in that painting the archers are indeed leaning back.

@Flippokid

4 жыл бұрын

@@speedking92 Good spot!

@Flippokid

4 жыл бұрын

@Mitchell Wilson Or they really did fire on both sides, historically, and there are benefits and drawbacks (pun intended) to both.

@bcluett1697

4 жыл бұрын

@@Flippokid I find it hard to believe that some kingdoms over the 100s of years didn't train people to use arrows on both sides to avoid repetitive injuries or at the very least use that technique simply because that's their particular family method as a matter of style. Shad will get to the bottom of it I'm sure.

I just finished recovering from surgery as well, I feel your pain. Love your work! Wishing for you to have good sleep in future days.

23:53 Thats a real life eureka moment caught on camera.

Wow Shad you look grate, this operation really pays off your like a new person lol

@florkiler6242

4 жыл бұрын

Holly shit that Hart was lightning fast

Now that I have the full context of what he goes through. It makes me really appreciate when videos from him come out.

I quit my job at the beginning of the week and I don't start my new one until the 30th. Your videos are inspiring me to get back into archery and making bows and arrows during this time!

Glad to see you seem to be recovering well. Thanks for pushing through the pain for this one.

Seems like you're feeling so much better. Keep it up man!

The channel 'Modern History TV' posted a video a while back about long bow use. They consulted with an expert and apparently the priority of archers in medieval warfare was firing rate, rather than accuracy (since there would likely be dozens, if not hundreds of archers firing at once). If that's the case then firing with the arrow on the right, thus engaging the back muscles more, may have been more advantageous than firing with the arrow on the left.

Attached the thick string on a heavy bow effortlessly, despite surgery and two major blockages. Hero status.

@jenniferschmitzer299

4 жыл бұрын

muscle memory is a fantastic thing.

Good to see you up and about, Shad. Got your book and it's next up on my reading list. Looking forward to it! Keep healing, and I hope you're getting some real rest now.

wow shad, the surgery must have worked wonders, you're literally glowing!

>decides to start working before fully recovered from surgery >reveals collaboration with the Slingshot channel >will review a 100 pound instantlegolas-bow >is also currently constructing a new fort/castle Shad you massive madlad

Glad to see your back and recovering well shad. Cant wait to see your future vids

Great to have you back! Hope you recovery continues to go well.

Welcome home Shad.

3:00 pretty sure I saw some machicolations (oh, right, I'm sorry, I meant to say MACHICOLATIONS!!!!!) over there. Wouldn't call that nothing.

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about.

@diabreon3094

4 жыл бұрын

Pay no attention to the frame beyond the frame!

@spacejesus6581

4 жыл бұрын

The dude is literally building a castle in his yard I love it Wonder if he’s building it himself or if he hired people?

Glad to see you back, Shad! Hope you're feeling better and the procedure helps in the long run.

Glad to see your recovery is going well. I always look forward to your videos. 🤙🏻

it’s so great seeing him having a fun time while being active, hope you recover soon boyo

I saw machicolations!!!!!! i swear these were MACHICOLATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁

@shadiversity

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@susanmaggiora4800

4 жыл бұрын

Dna HELiX It came rolling out of my mouth before I could stop it! 🤣

@Gnarlf

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know what you think you saw, but somehow i have a strong feeling, that Shads kids are very lucky to have such a dad.

so happy to see you back! I hope the surgery was a total success!

Great to see you back. All the best for the rest of your recovery!

Very interesting video, currently working on a novel where a prominent side character is using a bow a lot (later upgraded to an "instant legolas" because rule of cool"), so all this stuff is gold. Also hope the surgery did it's job and you are recovering well.

OMG, this is the collab I always dreamt about. I'm really looking forward to watching both of your videos : )

Great to see you up and about, man. Hope you're continuing to improve.

Welcome back Shad, awesome vid

Surgery looks like it's helped, hope Shad recovers properly and can actually live his life fully

You sound so much better already, I hope the recovery is going well and you are also starting to get some propper sleep, so you can experience that "well rested" buff every day.

@michagruzewski5592

4 жыл бұрын

Jakub - polish name?

@arakasi1033

4 жыл бұрын

@@michagruzewski5592 Czech

@michagruzewski5592

4 жыл бұрын

@@arakasi1033 also good.

I'm glad your feeling better! Thanks for the great video!

So great to have you back! ☺️ Continue to recover well!