Gribshunden crossbow reproduction (sort of)

Accesories, Arms and armour, Crossbows, Europe, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Timeline

In the late 15thC the Gribshunden, a Danish war ship burnt off the coast of Sweden whilst on a mission. In the 1970’s it was found and last year it started to be recovered. During the excavations, parts of a crossbow were found and a collaborative effort between Lund University and Blerkinge Museum asked me…

Who Wears Daggers?

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Daggers, Early modern period, Europe, Melee weapon, Post type, Region, Timeline

Daggers available from https://todcutler.com/collections/medieval-daggers-and-large-knives and https://todsworkshop.com/collections/historical-daggers Historically different classes of people wore different kinds of daggers and this video is a quick walk through of 5 different 16thC folk and the daggers that would be suited to them. Many thanks to my fabulous models, in order Danny, Nick, Francis, Ant and Jasper Filmed on location…

Honing Your Longhunter Trekking Kit

18th c, Accesories, Camp and travel, Early America, Early modern period, Hydepark, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

Ellen Rice went on a camping trip last winter. She was given little to no information on the terrain, location, and time-frame of the trip. This is her first experience like this, and she is going out into the wilderness with nothing but the 18th century gear she carries with her. Visit Our Website! ➧…

Ask the Armouries Japanese Armour

16th c, Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Asia, Bows, Early middle ages, Early modern period, High middle ages, Japan Isles, Knowledge, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Samurais, Timeline

+++ Re-upload with fixed audio +++ Our curator Natasha Bennet answers your questions about Samurai arms and armour, showing amazing objects from our collection and archive. Please comment on your questions and we can get around to answering them! Get our Elephant Plushie here —- https://bit.ly/2RLwK2f To learn more about Japanese arms and armour buy…

Conserving Mail Armour with Scarlett Parry

Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Early middle ages, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Mail, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline, Viking raids

Scarlett Parry discusses her time here at the Royal Armouries Museum and her experiences conserving the arms and armour in our collection, looking specifically at her work on mail shirts. Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries We are the Royal Armouries, the…

Answering your questions about jousting

Europe, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

Ahead of our annual International Jousting Tournament, we asked for your jousting and medieval tournament related questions. Our knight in residence (and Assistant Curator), Scot Hurst has all the answers. Where to find us: ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://blog.royalarmouries.org/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national collection of arms and armour.…