Medieval Myth Busting by Tod’s Workshop – The Armour

Accesories, Armour, Armour plates, Arms and armour, Europe, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

Medieval Myth Busting – More Detail. This film looks at the breastplate, specifically the one we used to conduct a series of tests that are shown in here….https://youtu.be/DBxdTkddHaE. It will make more sense if you watch the main film first and then return to this one. The contributors are all world class in their fields…

Medieval Myth Busting by Tod’s Workshop – Arrows

Accesories, Arms and armour, Arrows, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Timeline

Medieval Myth Busting – More Detail. This film looks at medieval longbow arrows, specifically the ones we used to conduct a series of tests that are shown in here….https://youtu.be/DBxdTkddHaE. It will make more sense if you watch the main film first and then return to this one. The contributors are all world class in their…

Testing early iron age Vimose Seax

Accesories, Arms and armour, Classical period, Europe, Hydepark, Knives, Melee weapon, Post type, Prehistory and Antiquity, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Timeline

Thrand test the early seax from Medieval Shoppe based on the Vimose bog on Funen, Denmark finds from 200 to 300 AD. This early iron age design was used against the Romans by the Germanic tribes and is tested on an analog gel head like the Forged in Fire kill test! Thrand also gives update…

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1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, Arts and writings, Badges, Bags & baskets, Bayonets, Blankets, Books, Camp and travel, Camp tools, Clothing, Early modern period, Firearms, Hats and headwear, Jewellery and decoration, Market, Melee weapon, Men’s clothing, Men’s jewelry, Northern America, Pants and trousers, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Sabres, Shoes, Tents, Timeline, UniformsLeave a comment

We have been in the Sutler business for Forty One Years in 2019, supplying Civil War reenactors, living historians, museums, movie productions and Victorian Era buffs with reproduction goods to make their impressions complete. We manufacture a large percentage of the goods we sell in Indiana. Website: https://www.fcsutler.com Facebook: Fall Creek Suttlery

American Fasion – Maryland Historical Society

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In the 1970s, Enolliah Williams worked as a housekeeper in a mansion called Pratt House in Baltimore that had recently been acquired by the Maryland Historical Society. As she tidied up, she discovered dozens of beautiful garments scattered throughout the house’s nooks and crannies. She became fascinated with these garments, which dated all the way from the early…

Pre-Viking sword found in Uppsala

Accesories, Arms and armour, Early middle ages, Europe, Hydepark, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Swords, Timeline1 Comment

Archaeologists have uncovered an ornate sword and other striking finds dating back to before the Viking Age in a burial site close to Uppsala. The grave dates back to some point between the years 550-600, the period roughly between what are known as the Migration Period and the Vendel Period in Sweden, before the start…