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22 Sep

Today we take a close look at a custom training sword made in the Ventian style for practicing the European martial a...

22 Sep

Today we take a close look at a custom training sword made in the Venetian style for practicing the European martial ...

15 Sep

Today we take a look at an original early 16th century partisan, a type of elite pole-arm from the late medieval and ...

11 Sep

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

08 Sep

An under appreciated style of sword that is one of my favorites are these shorter broad bladed, double edged single h...

04 Sep

This weekend we are working hard at the MN and Bristol Ren Fairs. We've been making swords, axes, and spears like cr...

01 Sep

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...

28 Aug

Today we take a look at some of the comprises that come with designing training swords based on historical sharps. Bo...

25 Aug

One of the more unique styles of medieval swords are the examples identified as Irish. These intriguing pieces and ta...

21 Aug

Introduction The Battle of Crecy, which took place on August 26, 1346 during the Hundred Years' War, was a significan...

18 Aug

We are in our busiest time of the year. We have booths open at both the Bristol Renaissance Fair and the Minnesota Re...

14 Aug

Hello everybody, This is just a quick not to let you know that, due to customer request, we've added a new option for...