Why do archers wear arm protection?

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Why do archers wear arm protection?

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2 sets of handmade leather bracers for the weekend viking and reenactment, raven or wolf or mixed. The raven is redrawn from an old nordic pendant, the wolf is a neo-nordic self-invented image. 23 cm long, 4,5 mm thick. I guess they will sell at a viking/middelage market later this year.
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