News and Blogs

02 Oct

Alert, Alert, Alert! Our lookouts have signaled. The orange Gordian hoard is on the move! Interlopers have been spot...

29 Sep

Today we take a look at another custom piece from Arms and Armor. This is a wide bladed type XVIII longsword modeled...

25 Sep

Today we take a look at a custom piece we've just completed, a large German war sword. You can see some of our custo...

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...