Are arrows prices too low?

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Unfortunately that will segue into the weight of individual arrows which is another can of worms.

Originally Posted by hal

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.

Just for ease of discussion lets go with the arrow weight listed in the basic set (all other arguments aside). That is roughly 10 arrows per pound, with a hundredweight being 112 pounds... 1,120 arrows for that 4 shillings.

About 48 arrows per penny. Doesn't sound too bad. Maybe a bit on the expensive side.