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An exciting steampunk web series, Archangel from the winter's End Chronicles, is based in 1893 London and follows the adventures of a crime-fighting vigilante known as the Archangel. Museum Replica's exclusive line of costumes and accessories designed for this production is inspired by this on-going action adventure story.Archangel's London is not the romantic Victorian metropolis we have grown to know. Rather, it is the setting for a vast crimin...

The ethnographic study of swords -spathology- involves the exploration of their history, design, and function as fighting tools. Primarily, this means understanding the reasons behind any particular design. Understanding a sword's performance requires knowing that every unique design is a combination of factors involving the maker's technology and craftsmanship combined with ergonomic considerations acquired from combat experience. The capacit...

Joyeux 14 Juillet! Bastille Day marks the start of the French Revolution. The French people were already desperate after years of heavy taxation, droughts, and diseases. On July 14th, 1789, a mob stormed the Bastille prison, looking for gunpowder and cannons, but ultimately freeing the prisoners inside. The fall of the Bastille symbolized the end of the French monarchy and the ancien régime. A national holiday in France today, Bastille Day...