What is the best steel for swords? Part 1.

Today's post is the first in a multi-part examination of "the best" steel for swords. To cut to the punchline, the an...

Pierced blades on rapiers, why?

Fashion and Myth

History of the Knuckle Bow

The early years.

Sword wounds: ancient and otherwise

This post contains humorous but graphic descriptions of wounds we get while making swords.

Flame-bladed swords, why?

What are Flamberge, Flammard, Flambard, and Serpentine blades for?

Prototype Type XVIIIc

New sword on the way!

Complex-hilted Longswords

mid 16th C hand-n-half swords

Broad-bladed rapiers: swords of war

Complex hilted broadswords

Tucks, Needle of Battle

A spike with attitude

The Noble Tradition of Boar Hunting

Hunting for large game was an integral part of a medieval gentleman's martial lifestyle.  Unlike the largely solitary...
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