Building A Bark Canoe In 12 Hours? – Elm Bark Canoe Part 1

17th c, 18th c, Accesories, British Isles, Camp and travel, Early America, Early modern period, Europe, Hydepark, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Raw materials and tools, Region, Timeline

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The Ultimate Guide: Custom Longbow & 38 Legendary Bowyers

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, Bows, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, High middle ages, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline

Are you someone interested in custom Longbow? Do you wish to make a handmade longbow for yourself? If that is the case, this article will help you know everything regarding this famous medieval bow. Here you will find the best bowyers and even a few fantastic handmade longbows which you can buy immediately. What is…

Medieval Swallowtail Crossbow Bolts Don’t Work

Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Crossbows, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, High middle ages, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline

Testing the large hunting heads seen in Medieval Manuscripts Following up from a point in a previous video we try to capture the flight characteristics of a large swallowtail head when fitted to a heavy medieval crossbow bolt on high speed video. The bow and bolts featured in this video are for sale at https://todsworkshop.com/collections/in-stock-historical-swords-daggers-crossbows…

Review: Kvetun “Matt Easton” Sabre Prototype

1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, HEMA, Hydepark, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sabres, Timeline

After several unsuccessful attempts Matt has recently been working with Kvetun Armoury to create what promises to be an ideal training weapon.The result is a training tool of excellent quality with some wonderful performance characteristics which will be a welcome addition to the armoury of many sabre fencers; with a few changes this could be…

Accidental Chemistry: Historical Laundry Part 4

17th c, 18th c, Accesories, British Isles, Early America, Early modern period, Europe, Household, Hydepark, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

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Marxbrüder vs Freifechter in “Perspectarische Vorstellung einer Fechtschule” from the 1700s

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This is one of my favourite fencing images, a display of a Fechtschule event between Marxbruder and Freifecther. Join me as we go through some of the many amazing details of this image, and relate them to our own times. Courtesy of signore Roberto Gotti and, Gairthenix and MAM.

A Review of the Henry V Sword from Arms and Armor

Accesories, Arms and armour, British Isles, Europe, HEMA, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Swords, Timeline

Physical Characteristics: Weight: 2.7 lbs. (hollow ground version: 2.3 lbs.) Length, overall: 33.5” Length, blade: 27.5” Length, grip: 3.75” Width at cross: 2.25” Width at PoP: 1.25” Point of Balance: 2.5” from cross Point of Percussion: ~17” from cross       The thing you notice first when taking up this reproduction by Arms and…

Monography on 15th Century German Judicial Duel

Europe, Germanic countries, HEMA, Knowledge, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

Some Observations on Judicial Duels, as Practised in Germany by Hugh T. Knight, Jr. “In this work we will discuss the origins of the judicial duel, its definition and how it differs from other kinds of duels, and its constituent parts and format. We will place particular emphasis upon the different forms of judicial duel,…

Treatises to the Long Knife (Langes Messer)

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, HEMA, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Knives, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Swords, Timeline

The Long Knife (Langes Messer) is a cut and thrust weapon from the Middle Ages, which enjoyed great popularity as a weapon of defense especially in the 15th and 16th centuries. There are several instructions in fencing books for the Long Knife. In the following article I have listed most fencing books which I have…

Introduction: Bastone Siciliano

Accesories, Arms and armour, Europe, HEMA, Italian Peninsula, Knowledge, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Sticks, staffs and batons

In Bastone Siciliano the stick is kept in constant motion, travelling around the head in various serpentine circular movements known as Muliné until it is time to execute a strike or parry. As an interesting aside, this constant, circling motion of the stick around the player’s head may provide possible insights into the ‘Frequens Motus’…