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What would you have carried at Agincourt?
The Battle of Agincourt was a famous English victory during the Hundred Years' War, fought on this day, October 25, i...
Whiskey & Weapons with Dr. Guy Windsor part deaux
In this second half of the discussion we dive into some of the aspects of sword use that intrigue us, that we love a...
A chat with Dr. Guy Windsor pt1
In this episode of Whiskey and Weapons we get to chat with our good friend and excellent swords person Dr. Guy Windso...
Scorpion!?
Today we are looking at an early 16th century style pole arm we have newly finished that was a custom commission. It...
The Coustel
Over the last couple of decades we have seen several reproductions titled Coustels come on the market and be popular ...
A Sword for Ice Breaker 2024!
This coming weekend is Ice Breaker 2024 the upper midwest's spring HEMA Tournament. We have been supporters and fans...
Glaive, a new item from Arms & Armor
Today we are happy to introduce a beautiful new product, our 15th Century French Glaive. We are very excited about th...
Sword News! and friends in need!
Hello All. Today's post is a bit different as it's about the wider community of sword folks. The sword world seems t...
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...
Concealed Weapons, do they work?
In today's post we discuss how weapons that are concealed in another object might actually be useful or not. It may w...
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...
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, ...