Arms & Armor has a new item in its line of training swords. Many customers requested a trainig sword for single handed sword play. We talked to many of them about the type of characteristics they were looking for in this type of sword and it has resulted in the #207 Scholar Sword. This steel waster have been crafted to replicate the action of swords as depicted in period manuals of fence such as I.33. These pieces have been through some rigorous testing and we hope will meet your needs for a durable single handed practice sword.


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This is excellent Craig, I have long commented that the WMA community needs more fencing models to practice with, and that except for rapiers, this market has been largely neglected. I applaud your efforts. Are any longer blades, mounted as spada di lato or perhaps a basket hilt in the works?

Cool to see new stuff hitting the market. :cool:

Oh, no! It's attractive, too! I thought (hoped!) I wasn't going to be tempted. Dang and drat, I have to save for WMAW, but that is a very tempting sword. :cool:

I actually had just e-mailed with Sean Hayes about this very sword. He seems to really, really love it, and that's not helping my resistance in the least bit. ;) And Pamela's right, it shouldn't be so good looking, how am I supposed to not buy it? :)

Hmmm. Methinks that Lady Pamela Muir and Sir William Grandy may be showing up at V.A.F. with new implements before long. :D

Steve, you aren't helping! :p I need to resist, especially since I just ordered the Paulus Kal book. Though, I know, it's probably only a matter of "when" and not "if" I order that sword. :) Maybe, Bill will get his first and I can "borrow" it. ;)

Congrats to Craig and company for creating a splendid new item! I like how you guys are creating a new line of training swords. :)

Thanks everyone for the good comments.

This piece went through a few evolutions and took a bit to get right, so we are pleased that people like it.

Yes Eric several people have inquired about that and I am working on some options for that type of thing right now. Watch this space
;)

As a side note we can do most of the training swords with blade lengths adjusted to customers preference, some may incur a small fee if it is labor intensive but generally the cost is minimal.

I do plan to have these along at WMAW so anyone attending will get a chance to see them in hand. You are all of course invited to stop by the shop any time you get through Minneapolis as well.

Best
Craig