News and Blogs
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...
Types of training blades for our rapiers
Today we take a look at a few of the types of blades you can choose to have on your rapier or other sword, including ...
We are discontinuing some training weapons
Due to some changing market conditions, and the fact that there are a lot more makers of good training weapons than t...
Tip Thickness on Historical Feders, New Information?
Today Nathan discusses some new historical feder information from Julian and the Spadone Project research folks. They...
Is HEMA Actually Experimental Archaeology?
Today Dr. Nathan Clough discusses how our choice of training tools and conventions might limit what we can learn abou...
2025 Arms and Armor T-shirts and Hoodies
We are happy to announce that our 2025 Arms and Armor t-shirts are now available. We also have some hoodies. These a...
Medieval Boar Spear Technology
Today we have two videos for you, the first is a video of Nathan explaining some aspects of boar spear design in ligh...