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news 05/13/08: added a new Roman Pugio.

news 05/06/08: fresh pictures added - KoH Tiberias helmet, and 700's seax knife.

news 04/14/08: My sabre/federschwert/poleaxe/halberd shipment is here - I will be busy catching up on backorder shipments for the next day or so, and then I'll get up fresh pictures of the GDFB poleaxe and halberd heads - but let me say this: they're freakin' cool - if you're any kind of a polearm fan, I guarantee you'll like these.

news 04/09/08: I've gotten definite verification that the following backordered items will be arriving here early next week - Pecoraro and Radaelli sabres, Federschwert, and GDFB poleaxe and halberd heads.

news 04/04/08: some arrival estimates on backordered items - Pecoraro, Hutton, and Radaelli sabres: mid-April - Federschwert: mid-April - Hourglass gauntlets: no eta :( - GDFB poleaxe and halberd heads: GDFB has been telling me "any day now!" for about three weeks ...

news 03/27/08: new items added - GDFB padded arming caps, 14ga shield bosses, and a new anthropomorphic Celtic sword.

news 03/26/08: added fresh pictures of the Padded cuisses - leather, Padded cuisses - steel, GDFB gambeson, Henry V arming sword, Maximilian sword, and the zweihander greatsword.

news 03/15/08: added fresh pictures of the Fluted buckler.

news 03/06/08: added fresh pictures of the Steel buckler, Plated buckler, Scalloped boss buckler, and the Cold Steel zweihander.

news 03/02/08: added fresh pictures of the Milanese gauntlets and Hourglass gauntlets

news 02/25/08: Word from GDFB is that the poelaxe and halberd heads should be arriving in 1-2 weeks. Yay!

news 02/07/08: All GDFB gambesons, arming jackets, bucklers, gauntlets, and cuisses are now here or arriving here next week! (Still waiting on the poleaxe and halberd heads).

news 01/17/08: Word from the GDFB folks is that my initial shipments are currently in Customs, and should be arriving here early February. A fresh shipment of the hand-hammered shield bosses will be arriving by the end of January.

news 01/11/08: Word from the GDFB folks is that my initial shipments are currently in Customs, and should be arriving here in 1-2 weeks. I also will have a fresh shipment of the hand-hammered shield bosses arriving in the same time frame.

news 01/06/08: added Padded cuisses with leather cops and Padded cuisses with steel cops.

news 01/05/08: Added to the Articles section: drei Ringen - The Three Wrestlings, by Hugh T. Knight, Jr.

news 12/31/07: added today - GDFB gambeson, GDFB arming jacket, steel buckler, plated buckler, fluted buckler, leather covered buckler w/shield boss, leather covered buckler w/scalloped boss. Whew. How did you spend your New Years Eve afternoon?

news 12/30/07: New for 2008 - a line of armor, weapons, and accessories from Get Dressed For Battle (GDFB). Added today - Halberd heads, Poleaxe heads, Milanese gauntlets, and Hourglass gauntlets.

news 12/29/07: added a Rondel dagger, a 12th century dagger, and the Coustille dagger / shortsword.

news 12/07/07: good news for fans of the Paul Chen / Hanwei sidesword - after a long out-of-stock hiatus, the swords are now back in production and a shipment arrives here mid-week. Get 'em while they're hot!

news 11/27/07: added a wicked spiked mace - polished (to match the spiked mace - blackened added earlier this month). Updated the Kingdom of Heaven catalog pages to reflect current status - the line has been discontinued by the manufacturer, only a couple of things are still available - LAST CALL!

news 11/24/07: added six historically and ethnographically inspired machetes by Cold Steel - kukri machete, kopis machete, bowie machete, barong machete, panga machete, sax machete.

news 11/19/07: The Grand Scimitar / Dance Swords are back! They were out of production for a couple of months, but a fresh shipment will be arriving here next week. The perfect holiday gift for your favorite Middle Eastern dancer!

news 11/18/07: added fresh pictures of the Generation2 Celtic sword (aka Mr. Happy!)

news 11/12/07: added a new Persian jambiya with a decorative blade - this replaces a version I used to offer that came with a stainless steel blade.

news 11/08/07: Updated the closeout Weapons of the Philippines section - production of all items stopped this past spring, only four of the weapons are still available. Last call!

news 11/05/07: Added a new longsword waster and an uber-cool spiked mace.

news 10/27/07: The misbehaving shopping cart --> PayPal interface has been beaten into submission.

news 09/22/07: Three more items added to the Closeout list - War hammer - coronel head, Single-edged falchion, Spiked mace.

news 09/08/06: The Kingdom of Heaven collection Crusader surcoat had been marked as "discontinued", but I managed to get hold of some more of them and have re-activated the listing. Also available is a matching Crusader cloak.

news 09/05/07: spam bastards from Russia have been taking my domain name in vain again - I'm getting hundred of bounced emails per hour addressed to {random-name}@therionarms.com - all I can say is it's not me, the domain name is being spoofed. "Teh Interenets" are broken when it comes to dealing with spoofed spam email. The most cruel and unusual medieval torture ever imagined would be too good for the scum that are spammers.

news 09/01/07: now available - replacement blades for the Pecoraro and Radaelli sabres. A lot of folks whave been writing or calling to ask about availability of the Hutton sabre and Federschwert - my first shipments of both sold out quickly, more should be arriving mid-September. Order yours now!

news 08/17/07: added the new Paul Chen / Hanwei "Federschert" - a German training sword from the late 1500's to the Historical swords & weapons catalog sections. (My next shipment arrives mid-September - order yours soon, I expect they will sell out very quickly!)

news 08/13/07: added a disc-pommel dagger and the new Paul Chen / Hanwei 'Practical" series Norman sword to the Historical swords & weapons catalog sections.

news 07/31/07: In the spring of 2006, Paul Chen / Hanwei discontinued a bunch of nifty western swords so they could concentrate on katanas. Well, guess what - they're back! Re-added to the Historical swords & weapons catalog section are the Hutton sabre, the Pecoraro sabre, the Radaelli sabre, the Torino rapier (polished and antiqued versions), and the Torino main gauche (polished and antiqued versions). Watch this space for more returning cool stuff!

news 07/08/07: added a new version Japanese naginata (stainless steel blade) and the Paul Chen Practical cup-hilt main gauche to the Historical swords & weapons catalog pages.

news 06/27/07: added four kukri (kukhri, khukuri, etc.) to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog pages - two Nepalese antiques, a modern Himalayan Imports, and custom-made Indian kukri.

news 06/19/07: added four new blunt training/theatrical swords to the Historical swords & weapons catalog pages.

news 06/18/07: added a bone-hilted rapier and matching bone-hilted main gauche (by Paul Chen / Hanwei) to the Historical swords & weapons catalog pages.

news 06/17/07: updated the Arms & Armor Resource Links page, verifying all links and adding in the unsorted links from the Additional links page.

news 06/13/07: The problem with my shopping cart not figuring postage for international clients is now fixed. Yay!

news 06/07/06: Dear International Clients - The recent USPS rate and service changes seem to have broken the international shipping part of my shopping cart system. I have a call in to my ISP to have that fixed asap. In the mean time, email me with requests and I will figure shipping costs for you and will create special Visa/Mastercard or PayPal buttons for your use.

news 06/06/07: added the Kestrel dagger and an inexpensive stainless-steel bladed main gauche to the historical reproduction arms & armor catalog sections.

news 05/21/07: added a 12th century "sword of war" arming sword to the historical reproduction arms & armor catalog sections.

news 05/15/07: added updated pictures of the Spartan xiphos and Musashi wakizashi (try saying that three times in your best Zap Brannigan voice: musashi wakizashi, musashi wakizashi, musashi wakizashi!)

news 04/09/07: Calling all landsknechts - production has been discontinued on the Windlass Steelcrafts katzbalger ... I have two in stock, these are the last ones available ...

news 03/28/07: added a 1500's war axe and a hammer-backed war axe to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section.

news 03/27/07: added a Nepalese chakmak and a Nepalese karda to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog pages.

news 03/14/07: Added the new Paul Chen / Hanwei fourth generation practical series arming sword and fourth generation practical series viking sword to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section.

news 03/13/07: Added the new Paul Chen / Hanwei fourth generation practical series longsword to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section. Fresh pics and listings for the fourth generation arming sword and viking swords are coming soon!

news 03/09/07: added a Zulu war spear and a Mandinka war spear to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog pages.

news 03/06/07: All Kingdom of Heaven items are on closeout - (the licensing contract expires soon) - once current supplies are gone, The Kingdom of Heaven is history. (pun intended, on several levels)

news 01/24/07: freshly added to the Articles section - Some interpretations of selected plays from the winden as presented in the Codex Wallerstein, by Hugh T. Knight, Jr. This discussion of longsword techniques is in pdf format. If you share this document with others, please link to the Articles page and not directly to the pdf - thank you in advance!

news 01/16/06: Day 3 of Texas Death Freeze 07 - shipments this week will be delayed a couple of days until I can get to a post office or UPS outlet without risking an icy doom. In other news, the proud triangular pike head / lance head is reportedly near extiction. Researchers indicate that the world free-range population of this once mighty weapon numbers a mere 14 individuals.

news 12/30/06: Fresh pictures: Roman helmet, Venetian stiletto, Ibelin shield, Vicksburg Bowie, Scottish targe.

news 12/22/06: Paul Chen has upgraded their practical series longsword, arming sword, and viking sword to fourth generation - lighter, more flexible blades with rounded edges, better grips, and scabbards with suspension loops. The prices are the same as the third generation swords. I'll be adding the new pictures and listings soon.

news 12/15/06: Wheee ... I'm up to my ears in shipping for Christmas - lots of swords and toys being prepped all day and night, shipments going out every morning. If I told you your new Weapon of Medieval Destruction will arrive in time for Christmas, it will arrive in time for Christmas (as long as the Post Orfice and UPS don't experience total gridlock). If I owe you a phone call or email, I'll be with you as soon as I can. Happy Holidays! - Therion

news 12/07/06: {begin subliminal message - don't see the fnords} Historical weapons & armor make for great holiday gifts - only 18 more chopping days until Xmas! {end subliminal message}

news 11/23/06: Happy Thanksgiving! Safety tip of the day - place your turkey on a solid counter rather than on a sideboard or card table before carving it with a longsword or katana.

news 11/15/06: The SPAM BASTARDS are taking my domain name in vain again. Over the past few days I've received thousands of "Undelverable mail" messages to 'randomtypedname'@therionarms.com telling me that my note offering OEM softare and Adobe products and V1AAGRA have failed. I sudder to think how many messages have gotten through. Dear Spammers - May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your pubic hair. DIAF and burn in hell. Love, Therion.

news 10/30/06: added four sharp falchions to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 10/25/06: added the Paul Chen / Hanwei Practical scramasaxe to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section.

news 10/20/06: presenting the Meyer longsword, a blunt historical German training sword, by Generation2. It's listed in the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 10/18/06: Added four Nepalese kukhri and a Nepalese executioner's sword to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog sections. Added a Scottish arming sword and a fish-tail dagger to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 10/09/06: added a flamberge zweihander to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog pages. Added the new generation of the German longsword a couple of days ago, but forgot to tell you about it. Ditto some video clips, including Therion in a music video.

news 10/06/06: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - FREE SHIPPING ON DOMESTIC ORDERS OVER $200
Between now and Nov. 1, enjoy free shipping to US mailing addresses on all orders over $200 that process through the TherionArms shopping cart system (this excludes some books and clothing and accessories). The system doesn't allow for free shipping, but when processing Visa/Mastercard payments I will cancel the shipping charges, or for Paypal payments I will refund the shipping charges.

news 10/02/06: Added fresh pictures to the Paul Chen Nami iaito listings in the Blunt Swords - Eastern section of the Reproduction Arms & Armor section of the website. Note that unlike the Gorin and Tsuru iaito, which are true "blunts", the Namia iaito are more unsharpened than they are blunt - which means that they are iaito for the adventorous, or can be sharpened for use as katana. Lots more katana and iaito coming soon!

news 09/26/06: Whoa, dude! Total glitch-in-the-Matrix-city yesterday. This whole website, like, completely disappeared from the world consciouseness. I could see out but nobody could see in and nobody heard me yelling and pounding on the walls! It was totally gnarly, dude. But it's better now. Whew.

news 09/21/06: added a "bonus psychedelic clip" (non-martial arts, but I like it!) to the Video and film clips page.

news 09/09/06: added an SCA 13ga hand-hammered Roman Scutum shield boss to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections, and a Nepalese chakmak and Nepalese karda (kukhri accesory knives) to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog sections.

news 09/08/06: added eight more Western Martial Art fighting clips to the Video and film clips page.

news 09/05/06: added a spontoon pipe tomahawk and a plug bayonet to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 09/04/06: added four more clips to the Video and film clips page.

news 08/30/06: Started a new section - Video and film clips - including the infamous Home Shopping Network stainless steel katana mishap. Also added a decorative breastplate to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections, and a Hollywood prop sword (Golden Age) to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog sections.

news 08/23/06: added a disc-pommel dagger to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 08/11/06: added Kingdom of Heaven - Reynald's sword & scabbard, an open faced barbute helmet, and a 17th century dagger to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 08/04/06: Followup on the note below - 4 longswords still available

news 07/20/06: The past couple of months have seen a global shortage of the Paul Chen Practical series Austrian longsword - production has been limited and the swords couldn't be found anywhere for love nor money. A fresh production run hit the US shores about two weeks ago, but they're selling out quickly. I have a shipment of them arriving here soon - they are the last ones available in the country right now. If you want one (or more), order soon!

news 07/10/06: added an early style Scottish dirk by Cold Steel, and an inexpensive Regimental Scottish dirk with knife and fork to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 06/22/06: Therion is back from the War, almost caught up with email, and the stitches should be out any day now. Added to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections are the Gustav rapier and Gustav main gauche, in classic and antiqued versions.

news 06/13/06: Therion will be at the SCA Lilie's War in Kansas City until Monday. All shipments for this week are on their way. Amber will be processing orders for the week. Therion will have limited email connectivity, and will answer questions as quickly as possible.

news 06/12/06: The Paul Chen butterfly swords are finally available again - they have been out of stock for a very long time, but a shipment should be arriving here in about two weeks. I have emailed everyone I could remember having asked asked about them over the past few months, if I missed you my apologies.

news 06/04/06: Paul Chen let all of their distributors know at the beginning of June 2006 that the 19th century saber line - Hutton, Radaelli, and Pecoraro - have all been discontinued. TherionArms joins in with the rest of the reenactment community in mourning the passing of this proud line.

news 06/01/06: added classic and antiqued versions of a Scottish lowlander greatsword to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 05/29/06: och, laddie - added eight (eight!) different Scottish claymore swords to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections. They're a hoot, man!

news 05/23/06: added four new Cold Steel swords to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections - U.S. Civil War 1860 heavy cavalry saber, Indian Army 1908 cavalry saber, Persian shamshir, and an English Civil War era horseman's basket hilt broadsword. Also recently added were a dagger frog, and sabatons for turnshoes and poulaines.

news 05/17/06: freshly added to the Articles section - Schwert und Buckler, by Hugh T. Knight, Jr. This discussion of medieval sword and buckler technique is in pdf format. If you share this document with others, please link to the Articles page and not directly to the pdf - thank you in advance!

news 05/12/06: added an SCA combat-legal Grand Bascinet to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 04/30/06: added a wooden Chinese dao forms training sword and three (actually four) new variants of armor besagews to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 04/22/06: added a broad blade Viking spear head and a long winged blade Viking spear head to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 04/19/06: added six different disc-pommel single-handed arming swords to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections - Lionheart, Henry V, Edward I, Swiss, Venetian, and an Archer's sword.

news 04/18/06: Our Corinthian Helmet is on closeout - only 2 left!

news 04/05/06: added German Gothic pauldrons with besagews, the new Paul Chen / Hanwei side sword / sword rapier / spado di lato / cut and thrust sword, and two difference sizes of Marozzo style fencing bucklers to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 04/03/06: added Charles VI sabaton/greave combinations and premium combat grade German Gothic pauldrons to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections.

news 03/26/06: added a Mexican Bowie knife, a Turkana ring knife, and an American film/theatrical knife to the Antique & Ethnographic catalog section.

news 03/17/06: Over the past few weekends, Therion has been working with the film crew shooting the From The Flames production of A Knight Time Story, providing weapons and armor and costumes and standing in as "Lord Gar's evil henchman #1". It's been a blast, and some of the other barbarian warriors have asked about Dark Ages/Viking style helms (the bunch of us look like the meanest "what's in your wallet?" commercial ever concieved). Due to popular request, we've added in an 11th century spangenhelm, the Coppergate helm, the Gjermundbu helm , and (a non-dark ages) Italian barbute to the Reproduction Arms & Armor sections.

news 03/07/06: We've updated the pictures of the King's sword, two-handed skeggox, great bascinet, and poleaxe with backspike in the Reproductions Arms & Armor catalog sections. We don't often announce picture updates - this is a freebie, otherwise you'll just have to be alert! :)

news 03/06/06: added a Spanish dagger, a Visayan talibon, and a Moro mini-barong to the Antique & Ethnographics catalog pages.

news 02/26/06: Therion has been away from home most of this month, so we've been remiss on adding new items lately. First up, added today, are three old favorites that Cold Steel discontinued in 2004 but are bringing back in April 2006 - their Chinese butterfly swords, the willow leaf dao, and the bagua dadao two-handed saber. They're now re-listed in the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section.

news 02/07/06: Public Service Announcement - the new SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) rapier combat rules, which include cut'n'thrust rapier goodness, are available here: http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/rapier/

news 02/05/06: Therion has been up in Pennsylvania this past week helping his father after heart surgery, so we've been a little slow to respond to emails and phone calls. We'll be back to situation normal this upcoming week.

news 01/29/06: Added two more Generation2 swords to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog - a Celtic sword and a Viking sword. All Generation2 swords and daggers are available via TherionArms with free shipping to US mailing addresses, half price shipping to international addresses. Our shopping cart system doesn't allow for free shipping, but when processing Visa/Mastercard payments we will cancel the shipping charges, or for Paypal payments we will refund the shipping charges.

news 01/14/06: We've been adding new items throught the past week, but forgetting to update the news blurb. Added recently to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections are the new German longsword (German bastard swords) from Paul Chen, Crusader sword and dagger and Maximilian sword and dagger from Gen2, a limited-availability helmet stand, and new 14ga stainless steel shield bosses.

news 01/04/06: added two sharp Generation2 longswords to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog sections - an Irish ring-hilted longsword and a Swiss longsword copied from an original found in Lake Lucerne.

news 12/31/05: We are adding a new line of swords by Generation2. First up on the list are two Western style blunt arming swords for stage combat and Western Martial Arts training - the Norman and the Agincourt.

news 12/28/05: added a pigface bascinet and a Crusader great helm to the Reproduction Arms & Armor catalog section.

news 12/27/05: Coming Real Soon Now - a new line of swords by Generation2

news 12/02/05: Just in time for the holiday season - Gift Certificates!