Please consider taking a moment to petition the Victoria & Albert museums to display their Arms & Armour collections in an effort to create new opportunities for education, awareness, research and studies of this important apsect of martial history: https://www.change.org/p/the-victoria-albe...
Congratulations on your latest publication and thank you for sharing here on our forum! Although the scope of this work would appear to be of a later period than the ARMA's curriculæ generally explores, it will no doubt be of interest to many here (myself included). Out of curiosity, what historical...
We do indeed have membership in the Columbus area. I have forwarded this thread to a local member in your area in the hopes that they will reply and/or make contact.
Mr. Awan, A nice primer in the form of a varient translation of the Ringeck material recommended by Ray McCullough is available here: http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Ringeck.htm Another good starting point (IMHO) is the anonymous gloss HS 3227a or 'Döbringer MS'. You can find a translation of it by t...
If memory serves, Girard Thibault d'Anvers also offers advice on choosing a weapon in which the dimensions are well suited to the weilder in his treatise 'Academie de l'Espee' (Academy of the Sword) ca. 1629
For more on the role of dimension and sword design, I would HIGHLY recommend taking a look at Swordsmith Peter Johnsson's working theories. A video presentation of Peter speaking about his theory is available on the Arctic Fire 2012 DVD set. Available at: http://arcticfire.mymiddleearth.com Peter's ...
For the best and most thorough look into the current scholarship on how Mediæval swords were likely produced, I would HIGHLY recommend taking a look at Swordsmith Peter Johnsson's working theories. A video presentation of Peter speaking about his theory is available on the Arctic Fire 2012 DVD set. ...
