Are arrows prices too low?

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Originally Posted by sjard

I really wish I could find one of the sources I have that lists information on arrows. Admittedly it is from a 1626 ledger from some region in England. However, one of the entries, as I recall, had arrows listed as costing 3-4 shillings per hundredweight.

4 shillings per hundredweight, works out to 48 silver pennies per hundredweight, which works out to roughly 24 day's labor for unskilled labor.

Correction: in 1626, that is more likely to be roughly 12 day's labor, as I seem to recall that an unskilled laborer was closer to 3 to 4 pence per day. Oops.