Settling into the fall

This week we celebrated the end of our Renaissance Festival season (we sell at two fairs, where we got our start back in the 1980's, Minnesota and Bristol). It was great to see some of our customers, and to educate a whole bunch of folks about real swords.  We also attended the Western Martial Arts Workshop last month, which took up a bunch of our time (Nathan was taking classes and selling swords).  Last week also debuted two new products, and have several more in the works.  We've also been making good progress on existing orders, finishing off some long term projects, and always working hard to improve our skills and knowledge.

All of which means that we really don't have a blog today.  Sorry. However, since it's starting to cool off and get dark early here in Minnesota we are feeling a powerful need to hole up and watch some good movies.  So, grab a beverage of your choice, and a sword that needs oiling and see if you can spot our products in the following entertainments!

Seventh Son (2014)

Elizabeth (2007)

Earnest Scared Stupid (1991, yeah, we've been doing this a long time)

Identify the weapons we made in any of the above films and you will win glory forever and the respect of your peers!

 

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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.

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