A little long, but worth watching.

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Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier William E. Wilson

Black Dogs Part 1: House of Diamond Ursula Vernon

The Brotherhood of the Disappearing Pants: A Field Guide to Conservative Sex Scandals Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer

By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions ( Read more... )

A few months back I joined the forum at Sword Buyer's Guide, and as it happened, they were holding an art contest to find new designs for their Cafe Press store. The contest ended October 31st, and one of my designs was a runner up! Go check it out (and maybe buy a t-shirt or coffe mug). It's the one called "Sword Fighting 101" in the "Sword ( Read more... )

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Spada: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott
Members of Swordplay Syposium InternationalI started reading this some months back but had to stop because a lot of it was going over my head, but now that I've been doing some fencing and understand the basic concepts and terminology, I was able to understand it (mostly). Basically ( Read more... )

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The Sword in the Age of Chivalry
Ewart OakeshottThe Sword in the Age of Chivalry describes Oakeshott's system of classification of medieval swords, a system still widely used today. It's based on blade morphology, in other words, the shape and function of the blade. Pommel and cross guard styles are also categorized, but are less useful in dating ( Read more... )

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