Dagger
2024 Reanissance Fairs!
We are just a few weeks away from the start of our season of Renaissance Fairs. This summer will hopefully be a grea...
The Coustel
Over the last couple of decades we have seen several reproductions titled Coustels come on the market and be popular ...
Concealed Weapons, do they work?
In today's post we discuss how weapons that are concealed in another object might actually be useful or not. It may w...
A dagger acquired, lost and reborn, a shop story from A&A.
Today we check out a story from the shop. One of our crew, the talented Thomas, has always had an interest in the typ...
Castlerock Museum armor and weapons in history
In our work at Arms & Armor, and doing research as The Oakeshott Institute, we have been lucky enough to visit ma...
What is it like to go to a Museum with a sword maker?
The answer to this question will depend on whether you like swords or not and if you do how much of a sword geek are ...
What Weapons did Irish Warriors Use?
Happy St Patrick's Day to all. We thought it would be the perfect day to talk about the types of arms a Medieval Iris...
A closer look at the German Rapier
Today we take an up close look at the Arms and Armor German Rapier. This piece is a replica of an original in the De...
What we learn from Weapons vs Armor Tests - Whiskey & Weapons V
Our post about the Rondel Dagger vs Mail from Sept 26th we got a lot of great comments and suggestions, we also had m...
What is a rondel dagger?
The rondel dagger was one of the most popular weapons of the late Middle Ages. A long, thick-spined, and wickedly p...
Medieval Utility and By-Knives
One of the characteristics that surprises modern people about medieval knives is how small they can be. The larger k...
St Martin's History of the Sword
In today’s blog we look at one of the key tools in the scholarship of the sword. Studying the form and development of...