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MN Renaissance Fair and Arms & Armor, will 2020 Happen?
History of A&A at the MN Ren Faire and this year?
William Hobbs
"From the beginning I always tried to think my choreographies through the characters who had to fight.”
Cutting with the Type L Fighting Axe
We've had a bunch of requests to do some cutting videos, so this is attempt number one. Our Type L Fighting Axe seeme...
Kriegsmesser
The Kriegsmesser (War Knife) or Grosse Messer (Great Knife) of the late medieval period was a weapon of soldiers in t...
15th Century Two Hander
... delivered himselfe so valauntly by his hardy prowes and greate strength, ...
Longswords vs Two Handed Swords
The distinction between two-handed swords and longswords can be confusing, and the deeper you delve into marginal cas...
What is a claymore?
The word "claymore" is derived from the Gaelic "claidheam hmor", meaning "great or broad sword." When exactly this te...
How do you research a sword? Part 1
Our love of these objects is one of our main motivations to produce replica swords.
Knightly Pollaxe
...axe-play is honorable and profitable for the preservation of a body noble or non-noble.