Hotston Balistarius
Driven by the desire to offer authentic and accurate historical crossbows to reenactors, museums and collectors
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A 13th century reinactment combat crossbow. Perfect for the period 1200 to 1380.
This crossbow features a beech stock and a painted faux composite ash bow. The standard draw weight is 40lbs making it combat safe for most societies, custom draw weights are available for an additional fee.
This crossbow features a faux composite lath that is painted. Custom painting is available, as are plain wooden bows, please contact if you want this.
A set with a 12th century crossbow, 12 bolts and a quiver. This gives you everything you need to use the crossbow at reenactment events. Buying as a set saves you 10% on all the items in the set.
The set contains:
-12th century Roll Nut crossbow
-12 Reenactment Combat Bolts
-Leather Quiver
The crossbow comes with a draw weight of 30 to 40lbs as standard but other draw weights are available upon request.
A crossbow bolt quiver designed to be appropriate for the 10th to 13th century. these are based on illustrations from the 12th and 13th century, and are likely appropriate for the 10th and 11th century as well as the styles don’t change very much.
These can be made either purely from leather or with a wooden core which makes the structure far more ridgid and is better if you are carrying sharp bolts so the heads don’t damage the leather.
Here a plain one is pictured however these can of course also be decorated. Please contact for pricing on decoration.
This product is made to order with a lead time of 4- 6 weeks.
Historically accurate crossbows from the 4th to 13th centuries…
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