News and Blogs

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...

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...

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...

26 Feb

The war hammer was a classic late medieval weapon designed to defeat plate armor. War hammers are part of the family ...

12 Feb

Two swords that taught me a great deal about swords

08 Feb

In today’s blog we take a look at our Bec de Corbyn, a replica of an original 16th century knightly weapon. We also...

01 Feb

We love ballock daggers! Despite being one of the most common and iconic weapons of the medieval period, they are al...

15 Jan

A type XIV Medieval Sword in detail

11 Jan

With the continuing popularity of test cutting with longswords as a way to improve sword fighting skills, and as a co...

04 Jan

an iconic sword of the late 15th Century

21 Dec

'provide oneself with suitable weapons, like the axe" Le Jeu de la Hache

Knight