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26 Jul

Our German Bastard Sword is a great example of the heavy combat sword of the 16th Century. It is a sword we choose ...

12 Jul

This past weekend was the first live event that we have officially attended since the advent of the plague, and it fe...

25 Jun

In our Hungarian Sword Spotlight we mention a few things that folks had some good questions about. So we thought it w...

21 Jun

The Arms and Armor Hungarian Sword is an Oakeshott type XI blade based on an original sword from the early 13th centu...

07 May

Today we put an Arms and Armor English Bill through its paces. The English Bill is a 16th century pole arm that was ...

23 Apr

No sword is ever created in a vacuum. This goes for any weapon or armor for that matter. This fact is one of the most...

12 Apr

In honor of the 549th anniversary of the 1471 Battle of Barnet on April 14th, 2020, we present "Swords and Weapons fr...

05 Apr

Here at Arms and Armor we are always on the look out for new research and resources on historical weapons. Over the d...

29 Mar

An interesting aspect of being a sword maker is trying to create swords to fit particular historical uses. In today'...

26 Mar

Our Fornovo Sword is a wonderful singlehanded sword from the last half of the 15th C. It has a classic wheel pommel a...

19 Mar

If you ask someone to draw a picture of a medieval sword, they are very likely to draw something similar to this sing...

26 Feb

The war hammer was a classic late medieval weapon designed to defeat plate armor. War hammers are part of the family ...

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