Medieval Battle Axes! with Thor’s Forge 14th Century Replica

Accesories, Arms and armour, Axes, Europe, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline, Viking raids

Battle axes, of the one-handed variety, were popular from the Viking era onwards, but with the addition of rear spikes and other adaptations they saw a resurgence of popularity in the heavily armoured periods of the middle ages, particularly from the 13th century. Thor’s Forge: https://www.facebook.com/Thorsforge/

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…