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Albion Armorers

Agincourt Sword
by Alexi Goranov

Baron Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Brescia Spadona
by Patrick Kelly

Caithness Sword
by Chad Arnow

Castellan Sword
by Bill Grandy

Celtic La Tene Type II Sword
by Nathan Bell

Chieftain Sword
by Steve Maly

Clontarf Viking Sword
by Bill Grandy

Conan the Barbarian Atlantean Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Count and Steward Swords
by Patrick Kelly

Crécy Sword
by Chad Arnow

Doge Sword
by Bill Grandy

Duke Sword
by Chad Arnow

Earl Sword
by Joseph Fults

Gaddhjalt Sword
by Chad Arnow

Gallowglass Sword
by Greg Griggs

Hersir Viking Sword
by Chad Arnow

Jarl Viking Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Kingmaker Sword
by Mark Mattimore

Knight Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Laird Sword
by Gordon Clark

Landgraf and Sempach Swords
by Bill Grandy

Liechtenauer Sword
by Pamela Muir

Mercenary and Constable Swords
by Chad Arnow

Meyer Sword
by Bill Grandy

Migration Type D Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Munich Sword
by Bill Grandy

Norman Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Poitiers Sword
by Greyson Brown

Prince and Squire Swords
by Chad Arnow

Reeve Sword
by Michael Edelson

Regent Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Ritter Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Senlac Sword
by Bryan Heff

Sherriff Sword
by Jonathan Sarge

Solingen Sword
by David Kite

Sovereign Sword
by Bill Grandy

Squire Line 13th Century Great Sword
by Chad Arnow

Squire Line 13th Century Knightly Sword
by Greyson Brown

Squire Line 15th Century Bastard Sword
by Bill Grandy

Sword of St. Maurice of Turin
by Steve Maly

Talhoffer Sword
by Bill Grandy

Templar Sword
by Chad Arnow

Thegn Sword
by Kenton Spaulding

Tritonia Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Triumvirate of First Generation Gladii
by Patrick Kelly

Viceroy Sword
by Chad Arnow

Yeoman Sword
by Felix Reich

Angus Trim Swords

AT1433 Type XVIa Warsword
by Bill Grandy

AT1563 Lady Restita
by Bill Grandy

AT1592 Danish Two-Hander
by Bill Grandy

Christian Fletcher AT1520
by James Byrnes

Christian Fletcher AT1593
by Bill Grandy

Christian Fletcher Ranger Sword
by Gene George

Christian Fletcher Redeemer
by Patrick Kelly

Christian Fletcher Side Sword
by Bill Grandy

Christian Fletcher Type XVIIIa Sword
by Gene George

DD1404 "Moonbrand"
by Thomas McDonald

Single-handed Falchion
by Jason Elrod

Arma Bohemia

Ballock Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Rondel Dagger
by Joseph Fults

Sgian Achles
by Chad Arnow

Armour Class

Cup and Ring Basket-hilt
by Chad Arnow

Mortuary Hilt Sword
by William "Bill" Goodwin

Arms & Armor

Aunlaz Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Bavarian Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Black Prince Sword
by Ted Hitchens

Bohemian Broadsword
by Patrick Kelly

Cavalier Rapier
by Patrick Kelly

Custom Danish Two-Hander
by Bill Grandy

Custom English Loop-hilt Smallsword
by Stephen Fisher

Custom Large Rondel Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Custom Oakeshott Type XX Sword
by Gordon Clark

Custom Rondel Dagger
by Gordon Clark

Custom Stibbert Museum Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Custom Swiss Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Duke of Urbino
by Jason Elrod

Dürer Bastard Sword
by Bill Grandy

Edward III Sword
by Russ Ellis

Edward III Sword: Another look
by Chad Arnow

English Buckler
by Bill Grandy

English Longsword
by Gordon Clark

Fechtbuch Sword
by Bill Grandy

Fechterspiel Sword
by Bill Grandy

French Medieval Sword
by Chad Arnow

German Bastard Sword
by Patrick Kelly

German Bastard Sword: Another look
by Bill Grandy

Arms & Armor (continued)

Gustav Vasa Rapier
by Nathan Robinson

Henry V Sword
by Bill Grandy

Horseman's Axe
by Russ Ellis

Hungarian Axe
by Russ Ellis

Iberian Mace
by Chad Arnow

Italian Three Ring Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Javelin
by Bill Grandy

Katzbalger
by Patrick Kelly

Knightly Riding Sword
by Chad Arnow

Medieval Knife
by Chad Arnow

Milanese Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Nordland Axe Prototype
by Joseph Fults

Rondel Dagger
by Alexi Goranov

Round Targe
by Pamela Muir

Schloss Erbach Sword
by Jason Elrod

Scholar Sword
by Bill Grandy

Smallsword
by Stephen Fisher

Spada da Zogho Sword
by Pamela Muir

Two-Ring Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Warhammer
by Bill Grandy

CAS Iberia/Hanwei

Antiqued Gustav Rapier and Dagger
by Bill Grandy

Charlemagne Saber
by Chad Arnow

Combination Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Federschwert Training Sword
by Bill Grandy

Gambeson and Arming Cap
by Mark Mattimore

Mammen Axe
by Alexi Goranov

Mortuary Sword
by William "Bill" Goodwin

Practical Side Sword
by Bill Grandy

Trident Main Gauche
by Bill Grandy

William Marshal Sword
by Björn Hellqvist

Cold Steel

Grosse Messer
by Nathan Robinson

Smallsword
by Bill Grandy

Darkwood Armory

English Rapier
by Geoff Freeman

Rondel Dagger
by Pamela Muir

Side Sword
by William "Bill" Goodwin

Teardrop Pappenheimer Sword
by Bill Grandy

Transitional Flambard Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Del Tin Armi Antiche

DT2102 Viking Sword
by Patrick Kelly

DT2123 Sword of Saint Galgano
by Björn Hellqvist

DT2143 Hand-and-a-Half-Sword
by Shane Smith

DT2150 Sword of Estore Visconti
by Chad Arnow

DT2151 Alexandria Type XIX Sword
by Patrick Kelly

DT2153 15th Century Sword
by Björn Hellqvist

DT2155 Rondel Dagger
by Bill Grandy

DT2156 Rondel Dagger
by Bill Grandy

DT2161 Late 16th Century Sword
by Bill Grandy

DT2173 German Left-Hand Dagger
by Bill Grandy

DT5120 12th Century Sword
by Patrick Kelly

DT5140 Hand-and-a-Half-Sword
by Björn Hellqvist

DT5149 14th Century Sword
by Patrick Kelly

DT5149 Dussack
by Sean A. Flynt

DT5152 Schiavonesca Sword
by Patrick Kelly

DT5173 Schiavona
by Bill Grandy

DT5181 Smallsword
by Bill Grandy

E.B. Erickson

"Lowland" Basket-hilt Prototype
by Sean A. Flynt

17th Century Hanger
by Sean A. Flynt

Eric McHugh

All-Steel Rondel Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Bearded Axe
by Bill Grandy

Eric McHugh Custom Halberd
by Eric Nower

Seax
by Bill Grandy

Jody Samson

Boarding Cutlass
by Bill Grandy

Fantasy Carolingian Broadsword
by Bill Grandy

Regency Broadsword
by Bill Grandy

Warlord's Sword
by Russ Ellis

Lutel

15th Century Horseman's flail
by Björn Hellqvist

Cinquedea
by Gene George

Custom 15th Century Longsword
by Jeff Hsieh

Custom Proto Schiavona
by Gene George

Custom Spadroon
by Peter Frank

Customized Katzbalger
by Björn Hellqvist

Late 15th Century Large Dagger
by Björn Hellqvist

Two-Handed Saber
by Bill Grandy

Miscellaneous Makers

Ancient Edge 14th Century Bastard Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Antoine Marçal Rondel Dagger
by Bill Grandy

Armour and Castings Gothic Finger Gauntlets
by Bill Grandy

Castle Keep Oakeshott Type XII Sword
by Russ Ellis

Czech Arms+Armor Manufacture Falchion
by Nathan Robinson

Davis Reproductions Ballock Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Davis Reproductions Notation Knife
by Chad Arnow

Elchon's Workshop Broken Back Seax
by Chad Arnow

Miscellaneous Makers (continued)

G. Gedney Godwin Smallsword
by Stephen Fisher

James Austin Type M Danish War Axe
by Jeremy V. Krause

Jason Dingledine Oakeshott Type XVI Sword
by Gordon Clark

Jeff Helmes Type XII Korsoygaden Sword
by J.D. Crawford

Jiří Klepač 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets
by Michael P. Smith

John Gage Cocobolo Ballock Dagger
by Jason Elrod

John Gage Thuya Burl Ballock Dagger
by Patrick Kelly

Justin King Rondel Dagger
by Gordon Clark

Last Legend Gen 2 12th Century Sword
by Bill Grandy

Last Legend Gen 2 Lucerne Sword
by Bill Grandy

Lewis Moore 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets
by Bill Grandy

Mad Piper Snouted Ribbon Basket-Hilt
by Henrik Bjoern Boegh

Manning Imperial Ballock Dagger
by Jason Elrod

Manning Imperial Type XXa Longsword
by Jason Elrod

Medieval Reproductions Viking Helmet
by Patrick Kelly

Michael "Tinker" Pearce Seax
by Mike Arledge

Michael Pikula Riding Sword
by Chad Arnow

Middlesex Village Trading Doglock Pistol
by Gordon Frye

Old Dominion Forge Clamshell Hanger
by Sean A. Flynt

Pavel Moc "Violet 1½" Bastard Sword
by Björn Hellqvist

Pavel Moc Italy Sword
by Björn Hellqvist

Peter Johnsson 13th Century Type X Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Revival Clothing Linen Gambeson
by Michael Edelson

Swordcrafts Aluminum Longsword Wasters
by Bill Grandy

Viking Shield Model II Shield
by Bill Grandy

Phoenix Metal Creations

Bastard Sword
by Bill Grandy

Hand-and-a-Half Sword
by Nathan Robinson

Loop-hilt Smallsword
by Stephen Fisher

Pappenheimer Sword
by Bill Grandy

TEMPL Historic Arms

Iron Age Celtic Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Sutton Hoo Sword
by Paul Mortimer

Tod's Stuff

All-Steel Rondel Dagger
by Russ Ellis

Bog Oak Ballock Dagger
by Ralph Rudolph

Bone-handled Baselard
by Chad Arnow

Boxwood-hilted Baselard
by Felix Reich

Broken Back Seax
by Chad Arnow

Bronze-hilted Rondel Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Dagger of Alexander Balliol
by Chad Arnow

Dragon Warhammer
by Chad Arnow

English Cutler 13th Century Eating Knife
by Chad Arnow

English Cutler Ballock Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Inlaid Broken-Back Seax
by Jeremy V. Krause

Scottish Dirk
by Chad Arnow

Single-edged Rondel Dagger
by Russ Ellis

Tod's Stuff 15th Century Eating Knife
by Chad Arnow

Trio of Medieval Knives
by Chad Arnow

Vince Evans

"Diamond" Backsword
by Thomas McDonald

"Milestone" Sword
by Patrick Kelly

Ballock Dagger
by Chad Arnow

European Hanger
by Steve Grisetti

Pattern-Welded Scramseax
by Patrick Kelly

Scottish Dirk
by Patrick Kelly

Scottish Dirk #2
by Chad Arnow

Scottish Single-hand Sword
by Thomas McDonald

Vladimir Cervenka

Flambard Rapier
by Bill Grandy

Petersen Type S Viking Sword
by Kirk Lee Spencer

Single-Edged Viking Sword
by Kirk Lee Spencer

Type 1 Schiavona
by Bill Grandy

Windlass Steelcrafts

"Type IV" Sword
by Joseph Fults

15th Century Longsword
by Joseph Fults

Brass-hilted Rondel Dagger
by Chad Arnow

Classic Cinquedea
by Bill Grandy

Confederate Foot Officer's Sword
by Sean A. Flynt

Crusader Sword
by Mark Mattimore

Cut and Thrust Sword and Dagger
by Gene George

Dutch Cutlass
by Gene George

English Rondel Dagger
by Mark Mattimore

English Tuck (Estoc)
by Sean A. Flynt

Falcata
by Greyson Brown

German Falchion
by Sean A. Flynt

German Mace
by Sean A. Flynt

High Middle Ages Dagger
by Mark Mattimore

Long-Bladed Hewing Spear
by Greyson Brown

Medieval Short Sword
by Gene George

River Thames Mace
by Greyson Brown

Scottish Backsword
by Nathan Robinson

Scottish Burgonet
by Sean A. Flynt

Scottish Dagger
by Nathan Robinson

Sword of St. Michael
by Bill Grandy

Towton Sword
by Chad Arnow

Type 1 Blackened Schiavona
by Gene George

Type 2 Schiavona
by Bill Grandy

War Sword of Albrecht II
by Patrick Kelly









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