St. James Armory Montante Review

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Early modern period, Europe, HEMA, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Swords, Timeline

Initial Impressions This doesn’t feel like a longsword. I’ve handled held a friend’s Arms and Armor montante before, and a Pavel Moc federschwert (insert joke about how big pavel’s standard feders are here), and it felt rather similar to those. It didn’t feel cheap, it didn’t feel under or over constructed, and it rang like…

Soldier’s Weekly

Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late modern period, Northern America, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline, WWIILeave a comment

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