the best repros I´ve ever seen are made by a german craftsman- Jens Sensfelder. He studied european crossbows in museums and collections for several years. I met him on a historical festival in Germany and could lay my hands on a late- gothic war crossbow and windlass he made.
I´ve never seen anything that could surpass this one. They are far away from those mentioned above.
I have some pictures I found anywhere in the net and can email them if desired.

Greetings

Any contact information and pictures would be greatly appreciated. Also, any idea as to costs?

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I second Chef's request for contact information. (We're in the same group.) I would very much like to have a true reproduction made similar to Ingo's.

Peter,

Is this crossbow from link two an example of Jens work? Or is it a picture of a historical example? And a fine one at that!

Thanks!

Best regards and good luck (as usual with good craftsmen, I think Jens has a certain backlog...)!