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Medieval Hunting and Feasting
This weekend marks the beginning of the fall hunting season in Minnesota with the pheasant opener on Saturday, Octobe...
Pumpkin Destruction Contest 2022!
We hereby announce the return of the Arms & Armor Pumpkin Destruction Contest! Arm yourself. Form up your milit...
Chainmail vs Weapons with Historical Armor
Today we take a look at several pieces of historical chainmail from The Oakeshott Institute Collection as well as a c...
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...
Edge on Edge Contact with Sharp Swords
Modern sword fighting disciplines like Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) often utilize blunt steel training swo...
Dagger vs. Maille and Cloth Armor
In this video we test how far a rondel dagger penetrates through a combination of chain and cloth armors while they a...
Talhoffer Messer
We take a look at a recently completed messer crafted along the lines of some of the pieces illustrated in Talhoffer...
Arms and Armor and the Oakeshott Institute at WMAW
It’s been a crazy couple of months with record orders, two renaissance festivals, and our ongoing work to train in ou...
Arms & Armor War Hammer
In the late medieval period the war hammer evolved into several forms designed to combat armored opponents. The sin...
A sword for fighting in the Bolognese tradition
Achille Marozzo was an Italian fencing master of the late 15th-mid 16th century. His 1536 fencing manual, known as ...
Custom Venetian Pirata Sword
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Venice was one of Europe's greatest powers, drawing its wealth from the exte...
Hungarian Sword with Custom Scabbard
Today we are checking out our Hungarian Sword with a custom hard scabbard. The blade on this sword is an Oakeshott t...