Buying an antique sword without first buying a few good books is an impressively expensive way to...
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Historical European Martial Arts has a rather unusual relationship with books. In most combat sports, reading is...
Buying an original Napoleonic sword is one of those collecting decisions where enthusiasm can become expensive remarkably...
Ancient battles rarely leave behind neat explanations. There are no helpful signposts declaring, “The decisive cavalry charge...
From Viking blades and knightly arming swords to Japanese katana and Indian talwars, the medieval world produced...
Historical European Martial Arts, better known as HEMA, is one of those hobbies that quietly pulls people...
Not every sword sold at auction is a priceless relic carried by a king or legendary general....
One of the questions I hear most often is surprisingly simple: how deep do archaeologists actually have...
Smoke, Steel and an Extraordinary Amount of Planning Stand beside a line of musketeers as they unleash...
Medieval swords are often grouped together under broad labels like “knightly sword”, “longsword” or “broadsword”, but those...