Construction
Training Swords From Different Times
Today we take a look at three different training swords from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. We compare a replic...
A&A Black Prince Friday!!
We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving or at least a nice Thursday off! As a way to bring some of the commer...
Spear meant for the holidays!
Every year we catch ourselves realizing there is not that much time till the gift giving season is upon us like an in...
Experimenting with the impact of Medieval quenching recipes on steel hardness
On Oct 25th The Oakeshott Institute live cast their latest quarterly lecture on researching involving the Institute, ...
Arms & Armor's War Hammer
The war hammer was a late medieval weapon hand weapon designed to defeat plate armor. War hammers are part of the fa...
Gothic Hunting Sword
One of the medieval practices we use in our shop is trying to let little go to waste. That is how we will use certai...
Irish Medieval Swords
One of the more unique styles of medieval swords are the examples identified as Irish. These intriguing pieces and ta...
Comparing Our Celtic Spear, is it the most versatile?
What makes a weapon versatile?
I had a couple of conversations with customers this last few weeks about our Celtic Sp...
A dagger acquired, lost and reborn, a shop story from A&A.
Today we check out a story from the shop. One of our crew, the talented Thomas, has always had an interest in the typ...
How do cross guards work on swords and daggers?
A query from one of our viewers on a recent video prompted us to answer his questions in this quick video about cros...
Throwing Nordland Axes, Summer Fun
Spring is in full swing here and we all know young warriors can think of only one thing in spring. That's right, axe ...
I need a real sword
I had a nice conversation with a new customer last week who was trying to decide what kind of sword to buy. H...