Historical Injury vs Modern Tournament Targeting - Sword STEM

Comparing the archaeological injury patterns from Matzke’s 2011 “Armed and Educated” to statistics from modern HEMA tournaments.

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Rapier研究

Study of various historical rapiers:
https://blog.subcaelo.net/ensis/study-historical-rapiers/

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Study of various historical rapiers | Ensis Sub Caelo

Guillaume Vauthier has compiled and analyzed a great amount of publicly available data on rapiers, and has kindly allowed me to host it here.

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Sabre vs langes Messer fencing: Are there practical reasons for the differences?

**Background** I've done a bit of sabre and Messer fencing and it occurs to me that the hardware isn't fundamentally different: they're both...

试用博物馆藏品

Untersucht und vermessen: alte Schwerter--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKPn2Ho9O3A

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Untersucht und vermessen: alte Schwerter

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Swordmaker

WHY FULLER BEGINS ON THE TANG IN MEDIEVAL SWORDS? Almost all of medieval swords, those with fullers, have running it on the tangs. We know also some few swords with fullers starting under the...

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关于剑鞘皮带与重心的关系

Belt position on scabbards 1050-1380

https://artofswordmaking.com/gallery/belt-position-on-scabbards-1050-1380

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Belt position on scabbards 1050-1380

Artofswordmaking by Maciej Kopciuch

关于长的Langes Messer.

Landsknecht Emporium实验款练习Kriegsmesser刃长94cm, 柄长24cm, 重1480g, 重心17cm.

"Kriegsmesser, from a fencer's perspective."

https://landsknechtemporium.com/spg/905338,268765/Kriegsmesser-learn-more-about-weapons-and-their-us

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Kriegsmesser: learn more about weapons and their use - Lands

Kriegsmesser: learn more about weapons and their use, Where research and skill go hand in hand to create a new generation of Blades.

800欧…… 😱

重心后移2厘米,但是重了将近200克……

https://landsknechtemporium.com/Sparring-Kriegsmesser

Rotmilan type M3D+ Sparring Kriegsmesser - Landsknecht Empor

Rotmilan type M3D+ Sparring Kriegsmesser , A unique blunt Kriegsmesser for sparring, based on XV century paintings., Where research and skill go hand in hand to

刃不直这个问题蛮大……幸好只是用来练习。去税后性价比更高。

Landsknecht Emporium Günther LANGES MESSER Sword Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL50C0uPy7g

Landsknecht Emporium Günther LANGES MESSER Sword Review

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Dealing with tapering of sword blades

I have arrived at the conclusion that I wish to make a multibar viking sword... However - I am curious as how to deal with the tapering of the sword from the guard to to the tip. Getting the blade symetrial, and grinding equal measure of steel on each side is one thing - but the tapering? ...