Are medieval weapons we see in museums perfect? When making a reproduction, how good should it be? I use examples of the IX949 from the Royal Armouries supplied by www.todsworkshop.com and antenna and baselard daggers from The Royal Armouries and a Mary Rose bollock dagger – all three from www.todcutler.com to illustrate my points and…
Gripping the sword seems simple enough but there are often mistakes made. The sword is sometimes held too tightly or too loosely. The sword is sometimes held by the wrong fingers, or with the pressure of the wrong fingers. Each one of these elements can impact how the sword is used by the fencer. Of…
This is the justification a certain well-known but severely misguided HEMA interpreter to apply longsword striking techniques to the spear, which drives me pretty insane. It just wasn’t done with spears, but a certain sector of the HEMA community just loves the ideas of taking techniques from one form and applying them to a different…
I’ve looked at antique cutlasses lots on my channel, but this is a sword with a difference. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
I happen to have 3 important models on French military sword from the 1820s in hand at the moment, so I thought I’d do a little comparison for you. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
There is a connection between WW1 era British bayonets and Japanese samurai swords and knives that most people don’t know about. Here we look at the 1907 pattern British bayonet and its inspiration the Type 30 Arisaka. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
