Love your channel man. Got my Despot bow after your review. Love it. How is the training with it going? I am building my Roman/Byzantine archery kit so could you please tell me where did you get your Pileus Pannonicus I saw in some previous video?
ehh, this is awkward. Unfortunately, when I was trying to string it one day, I broke one of the limbs. It really sucks cause I know that Mr. Rovcanin is great at his craft and my carelessness wasted a great custom piece. That very reason is why i've been very quiet about the despot bow, it's really quite shameful on myself and I know how the archery community can be about things like this. As for the Pannonian Cap, it's not entirely accurate. It's more of a folded medieval cap, but at the time I just needed something I could use that looks like a Pannonian cap on the surface of it. The other Pannonian cap I got is more accurate, though is arguably more civilian in function as it is very soft and not padded so that it can be worn underneath helmets. If anything, I would recommend just getting a customized kit from Res-Bellica, they specialize in Late Antiquity among other periods. It may cost some, and I personally haven't done any business with them yet, but it's certainly easier to get it all at once from a single source than try to amalgamate pre-made pieces from different sources which makes it difficult to find all of the pieces. I mean, seriously, trying to find socked Thorsbjerg trousers is almost impossible despite how common it is among reenactment circles. Another alternative is to get custom made pieces from Living-History-Market; they can't make everything, but they do specialize in a medieval Byzantine context if that's something you're going for, and are also willing to custom make Late Antiquity items so long as the embroidery is simplified. Another source for Byzantine things would be True-History Shop, which is fantastic, but I have only done business with them once and would do it again if not due to them being based in Russia, and I'm a little afraid how business relations with the east may have been affected by the currently ongoing conflict in Ukraine and whether or not it will be possible to get those kind've exports from the eastern bloc anymore.
@@Bucellarius I think that I actually know and kind of understand the problems you had with the stringing, my first stringing almost went badly as well. The bow is of a similar poundage, just a few lb difference. I found out that due to the very round handle of the bow it has a tendency to twist and not be stable and from behind the knee in step through method. It truly is the trickiest bow I have for stringing. I have been looking for the hat before and ordered them as well. But I have been waiting for 3+ months for them to be made. Lack of fur was problem. The place is medievaldesign. Considering I did not want to wait that long I thank you for the other recommendations. Got to say as well that I really love the work you have been doing on the sources and to some extent you and your work have been one of the reasons that when I start my PHD studies in summer one of the directions I am thinking to go with my thesis is towards late roman army/archery/persian-roman military exchange. Still have some time to flesh the idea out and consult with others but thank you for your work. (EDIT: I think that these dudes (medievaldesign) could also make socked Thorsbjerg trousers)
Reminds me of my path in martial arts. Started out as a melee-blade wielding swordsman only to later favor ranged combat like bows,throwing knives and guns over melee. Distance is your friend.
Underrated channel man hope you get more known
This is the kind of quality similar to that of The Historians Craft.
Great video
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Love your channel man. Got my Despot bow after your review. Love it. How is the training with it going? I am building my Roman/Byzantine archery kit so could you please tell me where did you get your Pileus Pannonicus I saw in some previous video?
ehh, this is awkward. Unfortunately, when I was trying to string it one day, I broke one of the limbs. It really sucks cause I know that Mr. Rovcanin is great at his craft and my carelessness wasted a great custom piece. That very reason is why i've been very quiet about the despot bow, it's really quite shameful on myself and I know how the archery community can be about things like this.
As for the Pannonian Cap, it's not entirely accurate. It's more of a folded medieval cap, but at the time I just needed something I could use that looks like a Pannonian cap on the surface of it. The other Pannonian cap I got is more accurate, though is arguably more civilian in function as it is very soft and not padded so that it can be worn underneath helmets. If anything, I would recommend just getting a customized kit from Res-Bellica, they specialize in Late Antiquity among other periods. It may cost some, and I personally haven't done any business with them yet, but it's certainly easier to get it all at once from a single source than try to amalgamate pre-made pieces from different sources which makes it difficult to find all of the pieces. I mean, seriously, trying to find socked Thorsbjerg trousers is almost impossible despite how common it is among reenactment circles.
Another alternative is to get custom made pieces from Living-History-Market; they can't make everything, but they do specialize in a medieval Byzantine context if that's something you're going for, and are also willing to custom make Late Antiquity items so long as the embroidery is simplified.
Another source for Byzantine things would be True-History Shop, which is fantastic, but I have only done business with them once and would do it again if not due to them being based in Russia, and I'm a little afraid how business relations with the east may have been affected by the currently ongoing conflict in Ukraine and whether or not it will be possible to get those kind've exports from the eastern bloc anymore.
@@Bucellarius I think that I actually know and kind of understand the problems you had with the stringing, my first stringing almost went badly as well. The bow is of a similar poundage, just a few lb difference. I found out that due to the very round handle of the bow it has a tendency to twist and not be stable and from behind the knee in step through method. It truly is the trickiest bow I have for stringing.
I have been looking for the hat before and ordered them as well. But I have been waiting for 3+ months for them to be made. Lack of fur was problem. The place is medievaldesign. Considering I did not want to wait that long I thank you for the other recommendations.
Got to say as well that I really love the work you have been doing on the sources and to some extent you and your work have been one of the reasons that when I start my PHD studies in summer one of the directions I am thinking to go with my thesis is towards late roman army/archery/persian-roman military exchange. Still have some time to flesh the idea out and consult with others but thank you for your work.
(EDIT: I think that these dudes (medievaldesign) could also make socked Thorsbjerg trousers)
Reminds me of my path in martial arts. Started out as a melee-blade wielding swordsman only to later favor ranged combat like bows,throwing knives and guns over melee.
Distance is your friend.