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...

Accepting Rapier Orders

We have been able to solidify some of our supply chain challenges that have plagued us over the last two years. Our ...

A closer look at the Schloss Erbach Longsword

One of the many things that makes Arms and Armor special is our access to historic original swords through our partn...
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