Academy of Historical Fencing

1. Pavel Marek type 79 Rapier Blunt

Review as promised. I hadn't really ever heard much about Pavel Marek, my only experience was seeing one of their falchions at fightcamp, it looked lovely, but being a falchion it didn't really tell me much about their handling and weapon...

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | 1000 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

2. Pennti Aluminium Messers

I have split this off from my pub discussion and I would like to review these.  So, lets start off with an Introduction, Pentti is in Sweden and makes messers for HEMA people rather than a business from what I am told, we were passed his...

Wednesday, 19 March 2008 | 1387 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

3. Armourclass Mortuary Basket Hilt (blunt)

Many many years ago I owned a tri-guard cavalry sword from Baliffe Forge, but as my standards went up it went on ebay, it truly was far too heavy, but I still loved it, and eversince I have wanted to get another basket hilt to replace it, and its...

Sunday, 23 March 2008 | 1561 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

4. Armourclass 16th Century English Rapier

Its sold as a 16th century English rapier, though infact Norman would date it to no earlier than the 1620's. Its a stunning design and in my opinion the best rapier that armourclass make, having owned or used every rapier design in their...

Saturday, 22 March 2008 | 1909 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

5. Albion Liechtenaur Longsword

Specifications: Overall length: 47.5" (120.65 cm) Blade length: 36.5" (92.7 cm) Blade width: 1.9375" (4.9 cm) PoB: 3.875" (9.8 cm) CoP: 22.75"...

Wednesday, 05 March 2008 | 891 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more