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Cold Steel to Sokyra
A few weeks ago a took the head off of my CS Norse Hawk and put it on a hickory sledge hammer handle I had bought just just for this purpose. After trimming the handle it measures at 35″. I too… more →
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Cold Steel to Sokyra
oprishki wrote 1 month ago: A few weeks ago a took the head off of my CS Norse Hawk and put it on a hickory sledge hammer handl … more →
Session 1-18-09
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oprishki wrote 1 month ago: Just Matt and I today and we are both on the injured reserve list….so a definite need to take … more →
Mountain Axe at SCA Saxon Summer again this year.
oprishki wrote 3 months ago: I will be teaching a workshop on the mountain axe again this year at the local SCA event called Saxo … more →
Mountain axe at ISMAC
oprishki wrote 6 months ago: On saturday afternoon I taught a 1 1/2 hour course on the Carpathian mountain axe. While taught a sh … more →
Mountian Axe Mayhem!
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oprishki wrote 8 months ago: After we got done filming the clip below, we decided to do some bouting with our axes…… … more →
Four engaging ways to deal with an incoming attack
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oprishki wrote 8 months ago: Just a short video clip as promised a few posts back. 1. Parry with the poll side of the axe. 2. Par … more →
Another axe dance
oprishki wrote 8 months ago: Another great axe dance fromt he troope in Arizona with Harnas Dragoslav at the head! These guys hav … more →
Blocking with the poll
oprishki wrote 9 months ago: Soe just what is the poll you may ask? The poll is the butt or back end of your axe head. A good ref … more →
Zbojnicki Dance
oprishki wrote 10 months ago: The Dances of Podhale (Poland) Joseph Needham Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, … more →
The Cornhill Magazine 1879
oprishki wrote 10 months ago: The Cornhill Magazine By George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Published by Smith, Elder and com … more →
Another mountain axe clip
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oprishki wrote 10 months ago: Threw this together yesterday at the end of our regular training session. After watching this it was … more →
Universal Geography 1828
oprishki wrote 10 months ago: “Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According t … more →
Some stances with the A&A Hungarian Axe
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: First off just a quick pic showing the relative size of the Arms & Armor Hungarian Axe. I am 5 … more →
Mountain axe and entrenching tool clip
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Here is a short clip that first shows two techniques with the mountain axe then some quick work with … more →
Session 12-15-08
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Nice warm day with temps into the 40’s F. Started off with just Matt and I doing sambo … more →
Austria: Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of that Empire 1828
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Austria: Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of … more →
Dracula
oprishki wrote 11 months ago: Dracula By Bram Stoker …the Cszeks with their white, and the Slovaks with their colored sheeps … more →
