Knightly Swords & Arming Swords

The largest component of medieval Irish armies were the Kern (ceitherne or ceitheirn -- 'a warband'). Sometimes composed of displaced nobility and...

On English effigies commemorating lords and knights from the mid- to late- 15th C we can see that many favoured a single hand cut & thrust sword...

8A sword of type XII according to Oakeshott´s typology is defined by having a broad and evenly tapering blade. It should have a good point and a...

If you are ever visiting the National Museum in Kopenhagen . make sure to study the medieval swords on display. This museum offers a fantastically...

The Scottish sword has characteristic features that puts it apart from its continental cousins: the down sloping guard with spatulate ends and a...

Limited Edition Medieval Sword (Oakeshott Type XIX) A step closer to complex hilts for the Next Generation line this sword has a hilt that was...

A well defined and long fuller is one of the criteria for a sword of type Xa. They are cousins of their Viking age predecessors but are generally of...

The Oakeshott Limited Edition Medieval Sword (Oakeshott Type Xa) The Oakeshott is named after the late preeminent scholar of the Medieval Sword Ewart...

Oakeshott describes the Type XV as a strongly tapering acutely pointed blade of flattened diamond cross-section. Name That Sword Contest Winner:...

Type XVI swords were developed to make good use of an acute thrusting point while still being dedicated to cutting. The Prince and the Squire swords...

The Reeve Limited Edition Medieval Sword (Oakeshott Type X) Prior to the Norman invasion of England the Anglo-Saxons lived in rural communities...

This is a sword with distinct German flavour of a style that was popular in the first half of the 13th C. It has a long and handsome blade with a...

St. Maurice is believed to have been an officer in a legion of Christian soldiers from Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculius...

The Battle of Hastings fought on the 14th of October 1066 shaped the future of Medieval England. The battle is somewhat misnamed as it was actually...

In early Medieval England each hundred was led by a reeve (chief). A new unit of government the shire was formed when groups of hundreds banded...