Few images capture the brutality of pre-modern warfare quite like a broken sword. Modern films often present...
Swordsmiths
Some of the most important and influential swordsmiths throughout history are known for their exceptional craftsmanship, innovation, and contributions to the art of sword making.
Few crafts sit at the strange crossroads of science, art and myth quite like swordsmithing. For thousands...
Few figures from early European legend carry the strange magnetism of Wayland the Smith. He is not...
Gorō Nyūdō Masahide appears in Edo period sword history like a man kicking open a dusty storehouse...
There are few materials in military history wrapped in as much mystique as tamahagane steel. Mention it...
Toledo has a habit of appearing in history with a blade in hand. Perched above the Tagus,...
There are few ideas in weapon history more romantic, or more stubborn, than the claim that the...
England’s swordsmiths rarely get the romance afforded to Toledo or Solingen, yet their work armed officers, cavalrymen,...
Toledo has a habit of being spoken about in reverent tones, as if its blades emerged fully...
Sword Maker Marks – A Historian’s Guide to Bladesmith Identification Every sword collector eventually stares at a...