Hi Bernard,
Massive fan of your books. I was wondering if you’d seen a video Tod’s (if you don’t know Tod, he specialises in recreating medieval weaponry as authentically as possible) workshop on youtube did last year with Dr Tobias Capwell. They got Joe Gibbs (who can use a 160lb longbow) to fire both iron tipped and case hardened bodkin arrows at an almost perfect recreation of a 14th Century Churburg breastplate. I’ve linked the video below as I think you would find it very interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxdTkddHaE
The results in the video were absolutely fascinating, with all the arrows being stopped and rendered completely unusable by the breastplate.
It was also fascinating to see Joe firing a 160lb longbow, it looks as though he could crush diamonds between his shoulder muscles! It really brought home your descriptions of Thomas of Hookton’s massive archer strength.
Regards,
Tom