Early Medieval
Understanding sword edges
I recently had a nice talk with a younger fellow who was discussing his first sword purchase and some of his concerns...
Bec de Corbyn
Our Bec de Corbyn is a replica of an original 16th century knightly weapon. The original of this piece was obviousl...
One Day Danish Axe Type L Special and end of Merry Axemass 23
In celebration of the Merry Axemass Season we have our Danish Type L Axe available today only at 50.00 off!
Danish...
Merry Axemass and Happy New Spear 2023!
Merry Axemass and Happy New Spear to all! It's that time of year when all are hoping they are on the nice list and ...
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, ...
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...
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...
Swords and Fashion in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Today we take a look at four period swords from the Oakeshott Institute collection, two from the medieval period and ...
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...
Castlerock Museum armor and weapons in history
In our work at Arms & Armor, and doing research as The Oakeshott Institute, we have been lucky enough to visit ma...
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...