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<blockquote data-quote="discosoc" data-source="post: 6736397" data-attributes="member: 6801554"><p>The problem with looking at historical prices is that they don't really reflect the fact that the bowman either had his arrows provided for him by his lord or commander, or that in the case of hunters and non-military bowman, making your own was pretty standard.</p><p></p><p>For the first scenario (bowman in an army), there's probably a few dozen fletchers that literally do nothing but keep the archers stocked with ammunition, and quality wasn't really a huge deal (just had to be good enough for a volley). Even then, it's not like they need to have 50 arrows each. In most engagements they'd maybe get a few volleys off and then either sit back while the calvary and infantry did their thing, or they'd get overrun and killed.</p><p></p><p>For hunters, being able to make an arrow was just part of life. With these guys, it was about making high-quality shafts and arrow heads, and repairing when necessary with new feathers. If a shaft splits, they'd salvage the arrow head. If the arrow head cracked, they'd keep the shaft.</p><p></p><p>What this means is that the market for actual fletchers looking to make a living as such would have probably been kind of slim but a bit lucrative. They'd be providing decent arrows for people looking at archery as a sport, and wealthy enough to pay for someone else to handle the really boring fletching job. I could see these guys making decent coin in those scenarios, although they're probably the first to get drafted into making arrows for the army when a fight breaks out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="discosoc, post: 6736397, member: 6801554"] The problem with looking at historical prices is that they don't really reflect the fact that the bowman either had his arrows provided for him by his lord or commander, or that in the case of hunters and non-military bowman, making your own was pretty standard. For the first scenario (bowman in an army), there's probably a few dozen fletchers that literally do nothing but keep the archers stocked with ammunition, and quality wasn't really a huge deal (just had to be good enough for a volley). Even then, it's not like they need to have 50 arrows each. In most engagements they'd maybe get a few volleys off and then either sit back while the calvary and infantry did their thing, or they'd get overrun and killed. For hunters, being able to make an arrow was just part of life. With these guys, it was about making high-quality shafts and arrow heads, and repairing when necessary with new feathers. If a shaft splits, they'd salvage the arrow head. If the arrow head cracked, they'd keep the shaft. What this means is that the market for actual fletchers looking to make a living as such would have probably been kind of slim but a bit lucrative. They'd be providing decent arrows for people looking at archery as a sport, and wealthy enough to pay for someone else to handle the really boring fletching job. I could see these guys making decent coin in those scenarios, although they're probably the first to get drafted into making arrows for the army when a fight breaks out. [/QUOTE]
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