Which Sword are You: One-handed or Two?
Posted by MRL on Mar 20th 2017
Which of these two medieval sword forms was the more effective weapon, the one-handed or the two-handed sword? This post will not attempt to influence opinion either way. What we will do is provide a summary for both and let you decide. So, here goes.Let's take arguably the most common of each of these swords, the one-handed Arming sword, and the two-handed Longsword, as reference points. The Arming sword measured about 28 - 31 inches and wa...
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Words from John Clements!
Posted by MRL on Nov 12th 2015
Museum Replicas is happy to announce our working with internationally recognized sword expert and director of the ARMA, John Clements! If you're unfamiliar you can read more about John here. But I want to get to the good stuff! John is sharing some of his wisdom with us through the MRL blog! First entry below!Something About the Sword...I'm fascinated by the sword. The sword represents so many things in our civilization, despite it being a weapon...
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