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30 Apr

How a medieval sword blade looked when new is an interesting question. The finished blade would, like all human made ...

26 Apr

Today we talk a look at our replica of the hunting spear of Duke Friederich IV of Austria (1382-1439). Arms and Ar...

23 Apr

No sword is ever created in a vacuum. This goes for any weapon or armor for that matter. This fact is one of the most...

05 Apr

Here at Arms and Armor we are always on the look out for new research and resources on historical weapons. Over the d...

02 Apr

“ A master of Arms is more honorable than a Master of Arts for good fighting came before good writing.” John Marston...

29 Mar

An interesting aspect of being a sword maker is trying to create swords to fit particular historical uses. In today'...

26 Mar

Our Fornovo Sword is a wonderful singlehanded sword from the last half of the 15th C. It has a classic wheel pommel a...

22 Mar

Here at Arms and Armor we are often asked about various weapons that folks have heard of, but want to know more abou...

19 Mar

If you ask someone to draw a picture of a medieval sword, they are very likely to draw something similar to this sing...

15 Mar

In today's blog post we examine some of the history and development of one of the most important polearms of the lat...

12 Mar

The montante was a large two handed sword that became popular in 17th century Spain and Portugal. It was related to ...

08 Mar

Our look at complex hilted swords continues in part 3 as we check out a replica Italian rapier and a 17th C Haudegen....

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