A very busy weekend!

WMAW is a multi-day series of classes with some of the world’s top instructors and dedicated students of sword arts and all things combative from the medieval and Renaissance periods.  It also features a merchant tent where we have a table showing off some of our items and this year a few prototypes of things to come. We look forward to connecting with friends, doing some sword/spear/rapier combat, and learning from some amazing martial artists and researchers. If you are at the event be sure to stop by and say Hi.

Its been tough around the shop with all the stuff going on and we had a bout of sickness wander through. Its one of the difficult parts of a small shop when folks are out its hard to keep up. We are persevering and working hard.

Some pics from Deeds of Arms in the past at WMAW!

Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is Vice President of Arms and Armor and a member of the governing board of The Oakeshott Institute. He is a historical martial artist and a former university professor of cultural geography.  He has given presentations on historical arms at events including Longpoint and Combatcon, and presented scholarly papers at, among others, The International Congress on Medieval Studies.

Craig Johnson is the Production Manager of Arms and Armor and Secretary of The Oakeshott Institute. He has taught and published on the history of arms, armor and western martial arts for over 30 years. He has lectured at several schools and Universities, WMAW, HEMAC, 4W, and ICMS at Kalamazoo. His experiences include iron smelting, jousting, theatrical combat instruction and choreography, historical research, European martial arts and crafting weapons and armor since 1985