My Chalcidian helm from Lyba Steel Craft came in recently and I'm very happy with it. One step closer to full kit!

A fantastically chiseled and gilt #Rapier, OaL: 45.5 in/115.6 cm Blade Length: 39.5 in/100.3 cm Width: 6.5 in/16.5 cm Depth: 3.4 in/8.6 cm Weight: 2.1 lbs/935.5 g #Spain, ca. 1590, housed at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art #weapons #sword #renaissance #themet #metmuseum #art #history

A beautiful black and gilt Cup-hilt #Rapier, OaL: 44.6 in/113.3 cm Blade Length: 36.8 in/93.5 cm Width: 11.1 in/28.3 cm Depth: 5 in/12.7 cm Weight: 2.1 lbs/963.9 g #Italy, ca. 1650, housed at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art #weapons #sword #earlymodern #themet #metmuseum #art #history

I still think there's money in a dating app where people are only connected based on history interests and opinions ;) Anyway, January of course.

Rapier artic.edu/artworks/11693…

A broad #Longsword decorated with delicate etching, OaL: 48.8 in/124 cm Width: 9.1 in/23 cm #Italy, ca. 1426-1575, housed at the MuseoLázaroGaldiano #weapons #sword #renaissance #museolazarogaldiano #art #history

jiu-jitsu is pretty cool

Corsesca artic.edu/artworks/11626…

As we've seen from this month's TikTok viral video, many objects in our museum 'slay' - so here's Carys presenting another one of them in our #ObjectoftheMonth. Catch this month's object at our museum on the Forgotten Battles object trail. #Naginata #Samurai #RoyalArmouries

Had a birthday "Deed of Arms" yesterday with some friends. It was a great time!

A beautiful #Backsword with a pierced blade and silvered hilt OaL: 33.7 in/85.7 cm Width: 1.3 in/3.2 cm Weight: 1.7 lbs/785 g #German hilt, #Italian blade, ca 1620, housed at the The Wallace Collection #weapons #sword #hre #holyromanempire #earlymodern #wallacecollection #art #history

Hello everybody, About 3 weeks ago my VERIFIED account was hacked by scammers and then suspended by X. The name, associated phone number and password were all changed, thus trying to recover my account has proven fruitless after dozens of attempts. More▶️

zhonghuaxiansheng 🇨🇳✝ Katana do not break easily. What the sign is conveying is that swinging a sword around and hitting an object might ruin a several thousands dollars polish, and leave scratches that are indeed fixable. But the polish is a very expensive process. youtube.com/shorts/Kwpq3lv…

"The katana isn't good against armor" Ok. What sword is good against armor?

When East met West: the first diplomatic exchanges of arms and armor between Japan and Europe. The first mission to Europe happened in 1582 with the Tenshō embassy, and most of the works on this topic describe the events following this date. Yet, there is an untold precedent.

I would like to ratio Shad.

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I guess there’s no choice but to start over. For the past three months, I refused to make a new account because I didn’t want to admit I’d lost. I kept hoping one day I’d get my old account back and surprise everyone like, ‘Hey! Miss me? I’m back!’ — like I’d really beaten the

Ah, what a dream...😩