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news 03/09/10: daily updates this week - Aventail / camail / ventail (added 03/09), 8th century Viking sword (fresh pictures 03/08), Buffalo rib obsidian dagger (fresh pictures 03/07).

news 03/06/10: daily updates this past week - Indestructible arming sword waster (added 03/06), Plug bayonet / Bawdy dagger (fresh pictures 03/05), Viking spear head - broad blade (fresh pictures 03/04), Socketed broadaxe (added 03/03), Kendo helmet (featured item 03/02), Pembroke great helm - 14ga (fresh pictures 03/01), One-handed viking axe (fresh pictures 02/28).

news 02/27/10: daily updates this past week - Indestructible training dagger waster (featured item 02/27), Milanese pauldrons (added 02/26), antique Mongo/Konda shortsword (featured item 02/25), Scottish baskethilted broadsword (fresh pictures 02/24), Reenactor's hand axe (added 02/23), Spanish cup-hilt rapier / Taza rapier - antiqued version (last call sale price 02/22), Spiked war hammer (listed on closeout 02/21).

news 02/20/10: daily updates this past week - Hunter's companion Bowie knife (fresh pictures 02/20), Hewing spear (fresh pictures 02/19), German Gothic mitten gauntlets (fresh pictures 02/18), Poleaxe with backspike (fresh pictures 02/17), Maximilian style armet helmet (fresh pictures 02/16), Practical series Viking sword - fourth generation (featured item 02/15), Churburg #13 leg harness (added 02/14).

news 02/13/10: daily updates this past week: US M1913 'Patton' cavalry saber (added 02/13), German/Swiss zweihander greatsword (fresh pictures 02/12), Valiant Armoury 'Castille' arming sword (added 02/11), Practical series cup-hilt rapier (fresh pictures 02/10), Spangenhelm - wide nasal (added 02/09), Spangenhelm - flared nasal (added 02/08), Practical wushu jian (added 02/07).

news 02/06/10: daily updates this past week: Valiant Armoury Kriegschwert longsword (fresh pictures 02/06), Trondheim pattern-welded Viking sword (added 02/05), GDFB arming jack - black (fresh pictures 02/04), Viking utility sax (added 02/03), Mercenary longsword (fresh pictures 02/02), 12th century dagger (fresh pictures 02/01), Sugarloaf great helm (added 01/31).

news 01/30/10: daily updates this past week: Venetian sallet with bevor (added 01/30), Archer's spangenhelm (fresh pictures 01/29), Skull helmet stand (new version 01/28), English two-handed sword (fresh pictures 01/27), Gen2 Meyer longsword - German training sword (fresh pictures 01/25), Greek kopis (added 01/25), GDFB Roman lorica (added 01/24).

news 01/23/10: daily updates this past week: GDFB pullover gambeson - white (added 01/23), Deer antler obsidian dagger (fresh pictures 01/22), Banshee cutting dha (fresh pictures 01/21), Tinker Pearce Viking sword - blunt trainer (fresh pictures 01/20), Stiklestad Viking sword (fresh pictures 01/19), Full-visor sallet (added 01/18), Scandinavian war axe (fresh pictures 01/17).

news 01/16/10: daily updates this past week: U.S. Model 1850 staff & field officer's sword (fresh pictures 01/16), Indian damascus steel khanjar dagger (fresh pictures 01/15), Maille coif with vertical ventail (fresh pictures 01/14), Spontoon pipe tomahawk (fresh pictures 01/13), Celtic sword by Gen2 (fresh pictures 01/12), Shell-guard dagger (fresh pictures 01/11), Federschwert - German training sword 2nd generation (fresh pictures 01/10).

news 01/09/10: daily updates this past week: Shell-guard rapier (fresh pictures 01/09), Bascinet with aventail (fresh pictures 01/08), Norman helmet (antiqued finish) (fresh pictures 01/07), Viking spear head - winged long blade (fresh pictures 01/06), 1840 Bowie knife (fresh pictures 01/05), Outrider Bowie knife (fresh pictures 01/04), Practical series rapier w/43 inch super-flexy blade (added 01/03).

news 01/02/10: daily updates this past week: Zulu 'iklwa' war spear reproduction (added 01/02), Pembroke great helm - 14ga (added 01/01), Good news, everyone! The new Practical German longswords and the long awaited second generation Federschwert training swords will be here next week! Happy New Year! (12/31), Archer's spangenhelm (added 12/30), GDFB gambeson - black (fresh pictures 12/29), Visored great helm (added 12/28), Moro punal dagger (featured item 12/27).

news 12/26/09: added this past week: Topfhelm/Transitional Crusader helmet (added 12/26), Valiant Armoury Bristol arming sword (fresh pictures 12/25), 'Practical' series German longsword (added 12/24), GDFB training spear 9in blade (featured item 12/23), Templar knight sword of war (added 12/22), Templar knight dagger (added 12/21), Searles/Fowler Bowie knife (added 12/20), Teutonic knight sword of war (fresh pictures 12/19).

news 12/18/09: added this past week: 12th century sword of war (fresh pictures 12/18), Georgian qama (fresh pictures 12/17), Feasting dagger (fresh pictures 12/16), 16th century Scottish claymore (featured item 12/15), Indestructible training sword waster (featured item 12/14), Greek hoplite sword (fresh pictures 12/13), Spiked war hammer (fresh pictures 12/12).

news 12/11/09: added this past week: Spanish main gauche (listed on closeout 12/11), Flamberge zweihander 2 (added 12/10), Schiavona basket hilt broadsword (listed on closeout 12/09), Indian Army 1908 cavalry saber (listed on closeout 12/08), 1800's cavalry lance reconstruction (added 12/07), Dutch East India (VOC) cutlass (fresh pictures 12/06).

news 12/05/09: added this past week: Persian shamshir (scimitar) (fresh pictures 12/05), Practical special katana (added 12/04), Spanish bilbo (fresh pictures 12/03), Native American ball-head war club (added 12/02), Three monkeys katana (added 12/01), Three monkeys wakizashi (added 11/30), Damascus jian (added 11/29).

news 11/28/09: added this past week: Leather waster frog (fresh pictures 11/28), antique Moroccan koumiya (featured item 11/27), German sallet with bevor (featured item 11/26), Milanese hourglass finger gauntlets (featured item 11/25), War hammer - coronel head (featured item 11/24), Angus Trim I-Beam longsword blunt trainer (featured item 11/23), Renaissance dagger - stainless steel (featured item 11/22).

news 11/21/09: added this past week: Rondel dagger (featured item 11/21), Burgonet cheek plate - 16th century (featured item 11/20), Angus Trim practical longsword - sharp (featured item 11/19), German longsword / bastard sword 2nd generation (featured item 11/18), the Raptor wakizashi (added 11/17/09), Viking spear head - winged long blade (updated version 11/16), Torino rapier - left hand version (fresh pictures and listed on closeout 11/15).

news 11/14/09: added this past week: laced vertical dagger frog (listed on closeout 11/14), Hammer-backed war axe (fresh pictures 11/13), Practical series smallsword (fresh pictures 11/12), Viking spear head - broad blade (updated version 11/11), French musketeer rapier (fresh pictures 11/10), a Universal baldric (added 11/09), and the Raptor tanto (added 11/08).

news 11/07/09: added this past week: Ryyumon damascus tanto (added 11/07), French musketeer main gauche (fresh pictures 11/06), Celto-Iberian falcata (fresh pictures 11/05), Fuku Riu dragon wakizashi (added 11/04), Fuku Riu dragon katana (added 11/03), Indian damascus steel khanjar dagger (added 11/02).

news 10/30/09 - 11/02/09: "Hey, Therion, we've had over ten months of regular daily updates, but it's now been three days since you posted anything. What gives?" Yeah, sorry about that, what gave was my right shoulder that was traumatically (and rather dramatically) dislocated Friday morning. I was working on stage, so paramedics and emergency rooms ensued. Lots of pain, lots of pain medications. I hereby declare the past three days "The Weekend That Wasn't", and will resume regular updates this evening.

news 10/29/09: added this week: Fencing mask - 12kg standard (listed on closeout 10/29), GDFB pullover gambeson (fresh pictures 10/28), Roman cinculum militaire (added 10/27), Heater shield (listed on closeout 10/26), Okinawan kama (listed on closeout 10/25).

news 10/24/09: added this past week: Spanish cup-hilt rapier / Taza rapier - antiqued version (listed on closeout 10/24), Angus Trim I-Beam longsword - blunt trainer (fresh pictures 10/23), Angus Trim practical longsword - sharp (fresh pictures 10/22), Confederate D-guard Bowie knife (fresh pictures 10/21), Francisca throwing axe (fresh pictures 10/20), English warhammer (production discontinued, last one! 10/19), Hunter's companion Bowie knife (10/18).

news 10/17/09: added this past week: Tinker Pearce arming sword - blunt trainer (fresh pictures 10/17), 15th century longsword (fresh pictures 10/16), Steel stiletto (fresh pictures 10/15), Japanese war fan - gunbei-uchiwa (listed on closeout 10/14), German trident main gauche (listed on closeout 10/13), Gothic axe (listed on closeout 10/12), Japanese jitte police baton (listed on closeout 10/11).

news 10/10/09: added this past week: Practical main gauche blade (fresh pictures 10/10), T-face barbute (fresh pictures 10/09), a Leather waster frog (10/08), Yang saber - blunt practical (fresh pictures 10/07), Skull helmet stand (fresh pictures 10/06), Praetorian gladius (10/05), Trident main gauche (listed on closeout 10/04).

news 10/03/09: added this past week: British Model 1800 spontoon (listed on closeout 10/03), 1840 Bowie knife (10/02), Gorin iaito 26" blade, 27" blade, 28" blade, and 29" blade (listed on closeout 10/01), the Outrider Bowie knife (09/30), a Maximilian style armet (09/29), Leather gauntlets (fresh pictures 09/28), and Jack chains (fresh pictures 09/27).

news 09/26/09: added this past week: U.S. M1850 staff & field officer's sword (09/26), GDFB pullover gambeson (09/25), GDFB gambeson - black (09/24), the Valiant Armoury 'Bristol' arming sword (09/23), the Valiant Armoury 'Kriegschwert' longsword (09/22), Flanged mace (listed on closeout 09/21), and a Confederate cavalry officer's saber (09/20).

news 09/19/09: added this past week: Mortuary sword and Mortuary sword - antiqued (listed on closeout 09/19), a Leather Viking helmet (09/18), Baselard dagger (fresh pictures 09/17), Topfhelm/Transitional Crusader helmet (listed on closeout 09/16/09), U.S. Model 1840 heavy cavalry saber - "Old Wristbreaker!" (09/15), a Deer antler obsidian dagger (09/14), and a Buffalo rib obsidian dagger (09/13).

news 09/12/09: added this past week: Milanese point-tied arm harness (fresh pictures, size M listed on closeout 09/12), Confederate D-guard Bowie knife (09/11), the Angus Trim practical longsword - sharp (09/10), an Africanized walking stick (09/09), British M1879 saw-back bayonet (listed on closeout 09/08), Yang saber - sharp version (fresh pictures 09/07), and Angus Trim I-Beam longsword blunt trainer (09/06).

news 09/05/09: added this past week: Khyber knife / Choora (09/05), Psychedelic damascus Bowie knife (09/04), reorganizational updates to the Western weapons catalog page and a Fencing mask - 12kg standard (09/03), Mountain man Bowie knife (09/02), 1850 coffin-grip Bowie knife (09/01), Spanish bilbo cut and thrust sword rapier (08/31), and a Coffin-grip Bowie knife (08/30).

news 08/29/09: added this past week: Bowie knife - brass spine (08/29), Plug bayonet (listed on closeout 08/28), British Enfield M1859 cutlass bayonet (08/27), Gold Rush Bowie knife (08/26), Texas Bowie knife (08/25), Bowie knife - damascus steel - stag grip (08/24), the return of the Bowie knives page, with the limited edition returns of three Historical Bowies: the California Bowie knife, the New Orleans Bowie knife, and the Hunter Bowie knife (08/23).

news 08/22/09: added this past week: Milanese gauntlets - pointed cuff (08/22), French Musketeer main gauche (updated pictures 08/21), a Francisca throwing axe (08/20), Edward III longsword (last one! 08/19), Transitional Crusader helmet (listed on closeout 08/18), a Norman helmet (antiqued finish) (08/17), and a German sallet with bevor (18ga) (08/16).

news 08/15/09: added this past week: English two-hand sword (additional pictures 08/15), the Coppergate helm - combat grade (08/14), a Roman helmet, Gallic type G - black & white crest (08/13), a Baselard dagger (08/12), a Steel stiletto (08/11), Sleeveless gambeson (listed on closeout 08/10), Persian kard dagger damascus steel (fresh pictures 08/09).

news 08/08/09: added this past week: the Schloss Erbach longsword (listed on closeout 08/08), the Tinker Pearce Norman sword - blunt trainer (08/07), the Tinker Pearce Norman sword - sharp (08/06), the Tinker Pearce Great Sword of War (08/05), 14th century great helm (listed on closeout 08/04), Bascinet with aventail (listed on closeout 08/03), and the Georgian qama (08/02).

news 08/01/09: added this past week: a Russian shasqua (08/01), an antique African arrow head (07/31), Milanese articulated arm harness (fresh pictures 07/30), an indestructible o bokken (07/29), a Roman gladius (07/28), 14ga shield boss - large (07/27), and 14ga shield boss - small (07/26).

news 07/25/09: added this past week: Giant kukri (fresh pictures 07/25), Milanese articulated leg harness (fresh pictures 07/24), a Roman helmet, Gallic type G - red crest (07/23), Belt dagger (listed on closeout 07/22), a Main gauche / dagger hanger (07/21), an antique Swazi Zulu 'lingedla' war club (07/20), and the Sinclair saber on closeout/sale (07/19).

news 07/18/09: added this past week: a Kingdom of Heaven - Saracen mace (07/18), fresh pictures of the Klappvisier bascinet (07/17), a Spanish main gauche (stainless steel) (07/16), an antique Burkinabe / Lobi loop dagger (07/15), a Spangenhelm 16ga helmet (07/14), fresh pictures of the Topfhelm Crusader helmet and the Padded cuisses - steel cops (black) (07/13), and fresh pictures of the Dutch East India VOC cutlass (07/12).

news 07/11/09: added this past week: an antique Russian kindjal (07/11), the Sword of Roven (war sword) (07/10), an antique Burgonet cheek piece 16th century (07/09), a .75 caliber black powder handgonne (07/08), the Edward III longsword is on sale (07/07), a Single edged sail guard main gauche (07/07), a Chinese dadao (stainless steel) (07/06), and fresh pictures of the Heavy curassier's sword-rapier (Munich sword) (07/05).

news 07/04/09: added this past week: a French poignard dagger (07/04), the Stiklestad viking sword (07/03), a flat-sided sgian dubh (07/02), fresh pictures of the Celtic spangenhelm and Morion (16ga) (07/01); a Moro punal dagger (06/30), a Topfhelm/Transitional Crusader helmet (06/29), and the Svord peasant knife (06/28).

news 06/27/09: added this past week: Riveted maille mitten swatches (06/27), the Leuterit viking sword (06/26), a feasting dagger (06/25), a Sugarloaf great helm (06/24), a Kendo helmet (men) (06/23), and fresh pictures of the Celtic spangenhelm and the German sallet and the Greek spear head and the Assam Rifles regimental kukri and the Viking spear head - javelin blade (06/22); the Mainz pattern gladius and the flexi-dagger main gauche and the Crusader shield and the Edward III longsword (which is on closeout - last call!) (06/21).

news 06/20/09: added this past week: a Roman legion helmet (06/20), the Practical Pro katana (06/19), Padded cuisses - steel cops - black (06/18), in honor of our revolutionary brothers who are fighting for democracy right now, a Persian kard dagger damascus steel (06/17), Calf boots - sizes 7/8 and 11/12 (06/16), a Practical series Austrian longsword (flexy) (06/15), and the Bar mace (06/14).

news 06/13/09: added this past week: fresh pictures of the Greek sarouter (lizard-sticker) (06/13), the Adam Hsu series two-hand jian (06/12), Okinawan kama (06/11), a pair of Landsknecht shoes - size 11/12 (06/10), a Viking spear head - javelin blade (06/09), an Revolutionary War cavalry saber (06/08), and an Indo-Persian jambiya (06/07).

news 06/06/09: added this past week: a Bodice & Boot dagger (06/06), an antique Moroccan koumiya dagger (06/05), an antique Philippines 'Bonifacio' bolo knife (06/04), a Celto-Iberian falcata (06/03), leather gauntlets (06/02), the Assam Rifles regimental kukri (06/01), and a Greek Hoplite sword (05/31).

news 05/30/09: added this past week: a maille coif with vertical ventail (05/30), a maille coif with horizontal ventail (05/29), an antique Miao/Hmong dha (05/28), an antique French Model 1914 Remington bayonet (05/27), Padded cuisses - leather cops (black) (05/26), a Water-buffalo-bane giant kukri (05/25), and a Renaissance dagger (stainless steel) (05/24).

news 05/23/09: added this past week: an indestructible training sword waster (05/23), an indestructible training dagger waster (05/22), an indestructible bokken tanto (05/21), the Federschwert - German training sword - 2nd generation (05/20), the Raptor Shobu Zukuri tameshigiri katana (05/19), a Plug bayonet (05/18), and the Raptor Shinogi Zukuri tameshigiri katana (05/17).

news 05/16/09: added this past week: updated pictures of the Cervelliere helmet and the Solingen main gauche and the Practical series sidesword and the deluxe arming jack and the jack chains with elbows (05/16) and the Houndskull bascinet and the Kettle helm and the British M1879 saw-back bayonet and the Pompeii pattern gladius and the Revolutionary war hanger (cuttoe) and the Milanese greaves and the German sallet w/bevor (05/15); the Raptor Unokubi Zukuri tameshigiri katana (05/14), a Greek sarouter (05/13), a Greek spearhead (05/12), a Shell-guard dagger (05/11), and a Shell-guard rapier (05/10).

news 05/09/09: added this past week: the German trident main gauche (05/09), an Eastern European / Central Asian scimitar (05/08), the magnificent Edward III longsword (05/07), the VOC cutlass (05/06), returning for a limited closeout engagement - last call! - the practical series cup-hilt main gauche (05/05), a wool and linen pourpoint (05/04), and the GDFB Deluxe Arming Jack (05/03).

news 05/02/09: added this past week: the Jade Lion dagger (05/02), the Jade Lion gim (05/01), a flexi-dagger main gauche (04/30), a Japanese war fan (gunbai-uchiwa) (04/29), the Tinker Pearce viking sword - sharp (04/28), the Tinker Pearce viking sword - blunt trainer (04/27), and an English two-hand sword (04/26).

news 04/25/09: added this past week: a 15th century longsword (04/25), Dragon kabuto and mempo (04/24), black arming cap (04/23), Spanish cup-hilt rapier / Taza rapier - antiqued version (04/22), Torino rapier - left hand version (04/21), Mortuary sword - antiqued version (04/20), and the Scottish baskethilted backsword - antiqued version (04/19).

news 04/18/09: added this past week: Scottish baskethilted broadsword - antiqued version (04/18), Chinese butterfly double sword set (rattan wrap) (04/17), Greek helmet with horsetail crest (04/16), German Gothic mitten gauntlets (04/15), the Pilsen rapier (04/14), practical rapier blade (04/13), and the practical main gauche blade (04/12).

news 04/11/09: added this past week: the cervelliere helmet (04/11), the Solingen main gauche - antiqued version (04/10), the Solingen main gauche (04/09), a transitional Crusader helmet (04/08), a Celtic spangenhelm (04/07), the Solingen rapier - antiqued version (04/06), and the Solingen rapier (04/05).

news 04/04/09: added this past week: the GDFB arming jack - in black! (04/04), jack chains with elbows (04/03), jack chains (04/02), the limited edition Porcarius gladiator helmet (04/01), a Morion helmet (16ga) (03/31), a Morion helmet (18ga) (03/30), and long-overdue fresh pictures and measurements of the GDFB poleaxe head and halberd head (03/29) - check them out, they're both quite spiffy and quite the value!

news 03/28/09: added this past week: a great bascinet 14ga helmet (03/28), the 'Practical' series smallsword (03/27), a Heater shield (03/26), a Crusader shield (03/25), a Revolutionary War hanger (cutlass) (03/24), a Pompeii pattern gladius (03/23), and a Mainz pattern gladius (03/22).

news 03/21/09: added this past week: a Sinclair saber (cutlass, dusagge) (03/21), a French musketeer rapier (03/20), updates to the French musketeer main gauche (03/19), a reproduction British M1879 saw-back bayonet (03/18), a spiked war hammer (03/17), the Valsgrade helmet (03/16), and a Phyrgian nasal helmet (03/15).

news 03/14/09: added this past week: Topfhelm Crusader helmet (03/14), Milanese greaves (03/13), a 14th century great helm (03/12), a bascinet with aventail (03/11), the Gustav main gauche - antiqued version (03/10), the Gustav main gauche (03/09), and the Gustav rapier - antiqued version (03/08).

news 03/07/09: added this past week: a Revolutionary War hanger (cuttoe) (03/07), updated pictures and information of the Milanese hourglass finger gauntlets (03/06), the Gustav rapier (03/05), Heavy curassier's sword-rapier (Munich sword) (03/04) and it's matching Munich dagger (03/04), a 14th century knight's arming sword (03/03), an 8th century Viking sword (03/02), and the Maximilian armet - The Tudors (03/01).

news 02/28/09: added this past week: the Tinker Pearce bastard sword - sharp (02/28), the Tinker Pearce arming sword - sharp (02/27), the 'Practical' series sidesword (02/26), the 'Practical' series cup-hilt rapier (02/25), the Mercenary longsword (yeah, it's a cheesy name, read the description) (02/24), a German sallet helmet with bevor (02/23), and a German sallet helmet (02/22).

news 02/21/09: added this past week: kettle helm and kettle helm - ridged and fluted (02/21), the Cold Steel Warrior series nodachi (02/20), the Wind & Thunder series wakizashi (02/19), the Tinker Pearce bastard sword - blunt trainer (02/18), the Tinker Pearce arming sword - blunt trainer (02/17), German Gothic articulated leg harness (02/16), Milanese articulated leg harness (02/15).