I sit corrected...
Just watched a special on Discovery or History, can't remember which. By the time of Agincourt, armor was getting strong enough that it would block bodkin arrows. The priciple reason is that armor began to have steel in it while the bodkin was just iron. For those that don't know, steel is just and alloy of iron and carbon but it is much harder. So, although bodkin's were still used, they were no gurantee of penetrating armor. It definitely had penetrating capabilities but was not a gurantee. Why didn't they use steel on the arrows? Mass production of steel was still in its early days so steel was saved for things that it was truly needed for such as blades, tools, etc...
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