Big Wallaby wrote:One thing about the medieval weapons, I have heard from several people now that police are much afraid of those weapons at events where they have mock wars with them. The reason? An arrow goes through kevlar, while there is a good chance that chainmail and a hard knight's suit stand a very good chance at stopping a bullet.
It's all rumour and fear-mongering.
None of the events, at least in all of the clubs I know about, where medieval archery (bows or crossbows) are present use those weapons in a mock war or melee of any kind. (Real arrows are used in target archery only, with pretty strict safety requirements.) All our combat arrows use plastic blunts on the tips instead of actual points, or they're mock arrows made of golf tubes with rubber stoppers on the end. :D: Your friends get upset if you try to shoot real arrows at them...
Swords, now, that's a different story. Medievalists generally aren't the problem with swords, or any of the medieval weapons, for that matter. Any SG with a hundred bucks can buy a pseudo-medieval or "ninja" sword at their local mall, and they've usually watched Lord of the Rings or Braveheart too many times and thus think they can actually use it...