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We've gotten a bit carried away telling you about all the great licensed stuff coming from Conan, Marvel, Star Wars, Assassin's Creed 1&2, World of Warcraft, Braveheart...gasp...must...catch...breath...Sleepy Hollow, Tudors, Prince Valiant...gasp...Flash Gordon - OK you get the idea, that we failed to tell you about all the new historical and original fantasy clothing and weapons.While perusing the site take a look at Blacksword,...

See!!! That's me hard at work, probably talking to one of you. You thought I was lying about how busy we are didn't you? C'mon admit it.This is one of our busiest seasons of the year, add in our hot, high demand licenses and great historical clothing and you've got a recipe for disaster, uh I mean great times for all!On a serious note, all of our great customers have needed to be a little more patient with us this month and we appreciate that. We...

Battle of Blanchetaque 1346 - 100 Years WarA Feat of Arms A very notable feat of arms took place on the morning of August 24th, 1346, in the marshy estuary of the River Somme. The small and starving English army of Edward III was in desperate need to cross to the north side of the river as staying where they were on the south side kept them bottled up between the sea and the river. But that wasn't the worst of it, for there was also an enorm...