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The Best Sword Show: See you March 16 in Timonium, MD!
Same time, same place. Every year in mid-March, the Maryland Arms & Armor Collectors Association puts on a monumental sales show. Hope I’ll see you there on Saturday! The only time I’v… more →
The Secret History of the Sword
The Best Sword Show: See you March 16 in Timonium, MD!
wrote 2 months ago: Same time, same place. Every year in mid-March, the Maryland Arms & Armor Collectors Association … more →
Current Auction: Another "Transitional"
wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, we examined Eight Dueling Épées. Today, we noticed a variant of one of the older sp … more →
Words to live by 2
wrote 1 year ago: “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be … more →
Weapons: Eight Dueling Épées
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wrote 1 year ago: Among the mountains of scrap metal that have changed hands via eBay in the past couple of years, fen … more →
"Are those your fingers on the ground or are you just unhappy to see me?" Smallsword fight to the death, early 18th century
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wrote 1 year ago: Duels look so pretty on the screen and in paintings. But sometimes, the dying that was done was not … more →
Swords in the News: The Sword of Lalgarh
wrote 1 year ago: Nobody tell us we’re Euro-centric. (Okay, we are, so sue us!) But that doesn’t keep us f … more →
Hark the Talking Camel: The Six Degrees of Henry Angelo
wrote 1 year ago: The Talking Camel is a writers’ site that Secret Archives Press is trying to get off the groun … more →
Antiquariat: Forget Facebook, get into fencing books!
wrote 1 year ago: Still enraged about Facebook’s recent facelift? We say “Get a life!” Even better—g … more →
Henry Angelo: Strategic Planning in Running a Salle
wrote 1 year ago: Running a successful fencing club takes strategic thinking. Especially if you’ve built your bu … more →
Tricks of the Trade: Johann Andreas Schmidt, 1713
wrote 1 year ago: Don’t you hate when that happens? Your opponent suddenly turns Luke Skywalker and starts using … more →
Teaching Fencing: Curriculum and Diploma
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wrote 1 year ago: What makes a fencing master? And how is the body of knowledge he (or she) is supposed to transfer to … more →
Over at Hiebfechtkunst: Early German cut fencing
wrote 1 year ago: Die meisten Illustrationen von deutschen Fechtschulen zeigen Stoßfechter. In diesem kolorierten Kupf … more →
English Version: Fencing in the “Visible World” of Johann Amos Comenius
wrote 1 year ago: Not sure why, but we’ve been getting a ton of requests to provide English translations of our … more →
Fechtschule; Germany, 18th ct.
wrote 3 years ago: Plenty of action Talk about a three-ring circus! The heraldic symbols of the Marxbrüder and Federfec … more →
Smallsword; Britain, c. 1800
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wrote 4 years ago: Am I overdoing the "From the Darkness of Time We Came" lighting on the pics? Battered an … more →
Smallsword; European, c. 1770
wrote 4 years ago: Now you see me, now you don't... The first smallsword-on-Flecktarn-camo picture… This is o … more →
Das Deutsche Hiebfechten vor dem europäischen Hintergrund
wrote 4 years ago: Trotz seiner heutigen Populär-Identifikation mit nationalistischen Strömungen ist das Hiebfechten de … more →
German foil; Germany, c. 1790
wrote 4 years ago: German-style foil German-style foil with clues to the use of the leather pad… This is an ear … more →
Foil; France; c. 1740
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wrote 4 years ago: Engagement in quarte What French master could this be? This plate was rudely cut from Jean Baptist … more →
