News and Blogs
Spark testing sword steel
Today we show you an easy way to see if a piece of steel is hard or mild. This is called a spark test. When hardened...
Pommel Shapes and Pommel Strikes in Armor
Today we take a quick look at how different historical pommel shapes influence how the sword interacts with a...
Custom swords for fighting in and out of armor
Today we take a look at two custom longsword trainers that were designed to fit the needs of a client of ours who pra...
Fencing to the bloom in (relative) safety, and SoCal Swordfight review
Today we highlight some of the techniques for fighting to first blood with a historical feder in relative safety. The...
Custom Katzbalger and a Military Rapier
Today we show off a couple of custom pieces inspired by pieces in the Castle Saint Angelo, the Papal fortress in Rome...
A custom 16th century falchion
Today we take a quick look at a custom falchion loosely based on one portrayed in Caravaggio's 1598-ish Judith Behead...
A Spear for Fighting in Armor
Today we take a look at a variation of our Norseman Spear that we've developed for training historical armored combat...
Upcoming sword events you need to know about
On February 13th 2026 at 6pm Craig Johnson of Arms and Armor and Peter Johnson (no relation) sword maker, researcher,...
A Sword for Training Armored Combat
Today we take a look at a type XV Black Prince sword that is outfitted with a blade designed for practicing armored c...
Some email difficulties
It has recently come to our attention that some antiquated settings on our company email account have been preventing...
What was written on sword blades
The other day a customer asked what types of inscriptions were common on sword blades. The answer is "various things"...
ICE impacts on Arms and Armor
Thank you to folks around the world who have reached out to see if we are OK. Arms and Armor is proudly located in N...