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Hunting is unimaginable without fine and reliable equipment. The best tool to skin hunted game or cut its meat with is a hunting knife. Present day market offers many variations depending on their origin and adaptations. However, all of them should…

What is the difference between normal and forged sword blade?

Weapons

The 54SiCr6 spring steel from which the sword blades are produced, have a high fatigue resistance. The chromium and silicon alloyed steel has high stability, hardness and abrasion resistance. A mold is filled with a prescribed composition of metals…

Throwing axe made of mild steel or spring steel?

Weapons

We offer throwing axes from both steel grades. How do their properties differ?

Information about custom-made-shoes

Historical costumes and footwear

You often ask about the possibilities in the production of our historical shoes. You can find shoes from several manufacturers in our store. The following information does not apply to imported footwear such as from Marshal Historical, Ulfberth, etc…

Historical shoes

Historical costumes and footwear

We are not certain when someone worn shoes for the first time but the oldest found were about 10,000 years old. Since then they came through a long evolution and as the society was developing and people’s taste changing we now observe a lot of…

Medieval Shields

Historical armor

Before the firearms widely spread on the battlefields and revolutionized the world of warfare, the shields made from various materials such as wood or wicker (sometimes iron) had been serving well to their owners for long centuries. The combatants…

Medieval tournaments arms

Historical armor

The Middle Ages could be really harsh sometimes. People experienced plenty of cruel war conflicts, crop failures resulting in sinister famines or epidemics of deadly diseases such as the infamous “Black Death”. However, times like these did not stop…

How to determine a helmet size correctly

Historical armor

Please read the following information before you choose a size for an historic helmet. It is always unpleasant for both parties when the selected size does not fit on the first try and the helmet replica must be returned. This is especially true for…

Battle-ready Weapons, Series BATTLECRY

Weapons

The Battlecry series of historical swords, daggers and axes was developed in collaboration with John Clements. His knowledge of historical swordsmanship and martial arts in the Middle Ages and Renaissance is unsurpassed!

Advance payment for tailored products, why ?

Other information

Products, like costumes, armour, leather sheaths etc. that are made after measurements specified by customers, have to be paid in advance.

Instruction manual to practical bladed weapons

Weapons

These instructions describe the way to handle safely with cold weapons as well as the way to maintain them properly. Speaking about bladed weapons, we mean by this term stabbing and cutting weapons such as, for example, sword, rapier, dagger and…

Archery instructions

Archery and crossbows

While using the bow, abide by the following principles. This is the only way the bow will work properly and you will extend its lifetime.

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