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Armours

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• Swords from Toledo (if you must have one, here they are straight from the source)
• Christian Fletcher medieval armor (historical repros and SCA armor)
• Valentine Armouries (beautiful historic armor)
• Black Hydra Armouries (SCA stainless steel armor, fast turnover time on orders)
• Manning Imperial (armor and weaponry, etc., from Australia. Excellent service.)
• Illusion Armoring (great looking historic armor and SCA armor in primo and munitions grades)
• Robert MacPherson, Armourer (high quality reproductions)
• Waldryks Arms & Armory (inexpensive stainless steel SCA armor)
• Red Falcon Armouries (SCA stainless steel armor.)
• Historic Arms & Armor (authentic reproductions - in San Diego, Ca.)
• Stirling Brown (Gothic and Norman armor (U.K.))
• Medieval Armour (U.K. reproduction armor)
• Medieval Reproductions (reproduction shop in Canada)
• The Lonely Mountain Forge (SCA and historical armor)
• Mandrake Armory (SCA armor)
• Thak the Armourer (custom work)
• Medieval Arms and Armour (historical reproductions - Australia)
• Ice Falcon Armory (stainless steel SCA armor)
• The Armour Store (SCA armor)
• Wise Ogre Armory (SCA armor, cold-rolled and stainless steel)
• DarkHeart Armoury (SCA armor)
• Crimson Hammer Armory (reproduction and quality SCA armor)
• McKenzie Armory (European mail and Japanese plate & mail)
• Ron Simmons Armour (pre-dished do-it-yourself SCA armor pieces)
• Iron Monger Armory (SCA armor and armor-making supplies)
• Ancient Arms and Armour (reproductions (U.K.))
• Anshelm Arms and Armor (SCA armor)
• Crimson HammerArmoury (SCA and historic, mild or stainless)
• Boldo's Armory (SCA armor)
• Chivalry Sports (link to their SCA armor page)
• Pracownia Kowalstwa Artystycznego Karabela (Polish armor and weapons - no translation)
• Gothic Armoury (reproduction armor (U.K.))
• Magnus Immortal Armory (fantasy armor made from leather and polycarbonate)
• Eagles Talon Armory (reproduction and SCA armor, stainless and mild steel)
• The Armory of Westlig Stjerne (SCA and sport armor, stainless and mild steel) (9/22/90)
• A and K Armors (SCA armor parts) (added 10/20/99)
• Iron Tower Armoury (SCA leather and stainless armor) (added 11/8/99)
• The Jelling Dragon (helmets, armor, swords, etc. (U.K.)) (added 11/17/99)
• Knight's Armoury (limited production custom repro's) (not responding 11/18/99)
• Egg armor (SCA kydex armor) (not responding 11/18/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Salamander Armoury (beautiful reproductions and custom work by Jim Hrisoulas)
• Kirby D. Wise (hand-forged reproduction swords, daggers, polearms by a master of the craft)
• Kris Cutlery (top-notch made in the Philippines. owner is a great guy.)
• Chris Poor Arms & Armor (reproduction swords by a master. armor discontinued.)
• Swords by Oscar Kolombatovich (beautiful work, but not enough pictures - domain on hold as of 9/98)
• Silver Castle Swords (fantasy daggers)
• Lundegaard Armoury (nice fantasy weapons)
• Starfire Swords (more nice fantasy weapons)
• Heimrick armor (no armor, but nice swords & etc. from Canada)
• Angel Sword (mostly fantasy, some historical work.)
• Lancaster's Armourie ("live steel" weapons and some armor pieces - U.K.)
• Himalayan Imports (*real* khukuris - for those of us who have never seen anything but cheap Indian junk)
• Castle Keep (custom historical swords - U.K.)
• Sword and Stone (swords and armor by Tony Swatton)
• Del Tin Swords (homepage, but you must order through a dealer)
• Tinker Blades (authentic custom-work)
• Johann Schmidberger (in German)
• Armour Class (custom repro's (Scotland))
• Oso Forge (hand-forged knives and cutlery)
• Aranyik (custom-made Thai swords (Thailand))
• Highland Steele Swords (sturdy and functional swords)
• Raven Armoury (U.K.)
• Authentic Forgeries (reproductions by Peter Farquhar)(added 11/28/99)
• Wally Hayes (custom damascus swords and knives) (added 12/1/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• 2 hand sword fighting guide (SCA combat)
• Old Sword-Play - Capt. Alfred Hutton (introduction to 16th-18th century sword techniques)
• Mieczko SCA sword & shield fighting manual
• Making cuirbouilli - Water Hardened Leather
• Beginner's Manual of Armor Construction (SCA armor)
• Constructing Medieval Helmets
• Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (1599)
• Medieval Sword Resource Site (an excellent links & info page)
• Early Combat Manuals (do your research!)
• Medieval Sword Resource Site (mondo linkages and cool info)
• Western fighting disciplines (non-Asian weapons, fencing, and fighting methods)
• Making a shield (SCA)
• Russian Arms (preview of new book, sabre info)
• Bladeswift (guide to SCA sword & shield combat)
• Closed-form heater (more SCA fighting tips)
• Cry Havoc! (newsletter reprints of SCA fighting info)
• Select Bibliography on Medieval Tournaments
• Weapons page (good short descriptions of different weapons)
• Cuir Bouilli armor (book excerpt)
• The beginnings of plate armor (book excerpt)
• Making riveted mail
• Rapier comparison (rapier and other weapons comparison of weight and length)
• Japanese chain armor (mail patterns)
• Pictorial glossary of armor terms
• Silk Roads Design Armoury (history and construction of Eastern Steppes armor)
• Roman armor of the 1st and 2nd Century A.D. (scholarly work, well done)
• Brigantia Iron Age (kit and sword guide for celtic barbarians)
• Leather clamshell gauntlets (patterns, for SCA use)
• Armamentarivm (the book of Roman arms and armor)
• Armor projects and patterns (by Craig Nadler)
• Secret History of the Sword (essays, book available)
• Water-hardened leather armor improved instructions (by David Friedman - excellent information)
• Arts of War (articles and how-to's - excellent source) (9/16/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Sword Forum Magazine Online
• The Historical Armored Combat Association
• NetSword (sword and medieval weapons forum)
• The Arador Armour Library
• Ethnographic Edged Weapons Forum
• Ask our experts: pre-1898 swords (from the folks at antiqueguns.com)
• Japanese sword discussion forum
• Edged weapons discussion forum (from gunandknife.com)
• Internet Sword Collector's Association (added 11/26/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   
   
   

• Therion's arms and armor page (the granddaddy of web exhibitions)
• Medieval Russian armor
• Italian Renaissance Armor at the Metropolitan (special exhibit)
• Daniel deBlare's Armor Photographs
• Thor's Armor Page & collected armor photos
• Philadelphia Museum of Art (exhibitions page - arms & armor pics coming soon)
• Canadian Museum of Civilization (Steyr Armor Exhibition)
• The Landeszeughaus Graz (Styrian State Armoury) (more pics from the same collection)
• The Wallace Collection (a great collection to visit, not much info on the web. U.K.)
• Royal Armouries Mueseum (the collection formerly known as the Tower of London Armoury)
• Higgins Armory Museum (the Mecca of armor enthusiasts in North America)
• The MacLean online museum (photos from the NY Met and Chicago armor exhibits)
• Cad's homepage (with links to modern repro and authentic armor pics)
• The Metal Galleries
• Cleveland Museum of Art (for kids, good pictures)
• Mail & Plate (the amateur guide to Russian and Eastern armour)
• Armoury of the Doge's Palace (great pictures!)
• Kelvingrove Rapiers (pics from a Glasgow museum)
• Battle of Tewksbury (U.K. recreationists - great armor!)
• The Armory of the Dukes of Burgundy (primo stuff!) (added 9/23/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Darkwood Armory (excellent SCA fencing helms and hilts)
• Syke's Sutlery (fencing and 16th/17th century goodies. Tell 'em Therion sent you)
• Black Rose Creations (well researched historical weaponry for SCA and historical fencing)
• Index to Vincentio Saviolo his Practise
• Elizabethan Fencing
• Swordplay - the Noble Arte of Defence
• Academy of Defence (SCA rapier links)
• The Ansteorran Rapier (SCA rapier fighting in Texas)
• Martinez Classical Fencing and Historical Swordsmanship
• Renaissance swordsman's bookstore
• Scottie Armory (SCA fencing swords)
• M.A.S. Weapons (SCA and recreationist fencing)
• In Ferro Veritas
• Joseph Swetnam (1617 fencing instructions)
• The Teachings of Marozzo(recent translation)
• Jacob Sutor (german transliteration of Jakob Sutor's 'New kuenstliches Fechtbuch')
• Caranza
• Primary Rapier Resources (links page to translations)
• Nightshade Armoury (well-researched rapiers for SCA and historical fencing)
• Rapier-l terminology chart (comparative terms from the primary sources) (added 10/21/99)
• Rapier and smallsword(added 11/26/99)
• The Arte of Defense (added 11/26/99)
• Thalhoffer Online (period fencing manual) (not responding)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Fred Lohman company (Japanese sword parts & supplies)
• Modern Japanese swords
• Southern California Naginata Federation
• Japanese Sword Society Homepage
• lfowler martial arts page
• Kyudo - Japanese Archery
• ftp directory of /pub/iaido
• The Japanese Sword Arts (from Al Bowers)
• Koryu Online Classical martial arts of Japan
• Asahi Japan Collectibles Web Catalog
• Fannin and Brumagen Swords (sword & knife makers, and links)
• Stolen sword reports (collector cooperation in action!)
• Sho-shin (appraisal theory, history, acquisitions)
• Masamune Sword Shop
• Japanese sword page
• Nihonto Classified Ad Page (Japanese swords & etc.)
• Sosh's Armory (SCA Japanese armor made from ABS plastic)
• Japanese swords, arms, and armor(swords yes, armor no. great pictures.)
• W.M. Hawley Publications (books and pamphlets)
• Japanese Sword Arts FAQ
• Morgan Valley Forge (American smith doing Japanese swords)
• Nihonto.com
• Sei Do Kai Catalog (training manuals, videos, uniforms, and weapons)
• Bokken/Bokuto (high-tech plastic bokken)
• Asahi Japan Collectibles (link to their armor page - nice!)
• Chanbara Video Source (sword-slinger films) (added 9/14/99)
• Dragonfly Forge (Michael Bell, Japanese-trained swordsmith) (added 10/13/99)
• ftp directory of /pub/iaido (not responding 11/18/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• LionGate: Buyers and Sellers of Antique Edged Weapons
• John Gunderson Antique Militaria (good stuff, good prices)
• Great War Militaria (mostly WWI stuff. excellent service, recommended)
• Culloden House Antiques (Canada)
• Auctions On-line - Arms, Armour & Militaria (auction listings)
• Grande Armee Militaria (militaria dealer and search service)
• Peter Finer - armour dealer ( great pictures, no prices)
• Kelley's Military Antiques (classifieds & lots of info for collectors)
• antiqueguns.com (has an edged weapons page, mostly civil war-ish)
• Antiques World (has a small militaria section)
• Old Cinema Antiques (arms & armor section (U.K.))
• Hermann Historica (German auction house)
• Collectors Choice (link to their militaria page)
• John C. Denner Co.
• Arms to Armor
• Fine Antique Arms, Armour, & Works of Art (a really impressive collection!)
• West Africa Imports (African weapons page)
• Walt Moreau (Classic antique arms)
• Jansa Antique Arms Co.
• Jon's Swords (sword and other militaria)
• The Powder Horn Gunshop (occasional swords, too)
• Scottish Sword & Shield (authentic and repros)
• Seven Stars Trading Company (link to asian weapons page)
• ArmsandArmorAuctions.com (auction listings and search services)
• Fine Antique Arms (quite fine!)
• Ron Ruble Enterprises (really nice stuff) (9/17/99)
• Progressive Galleries(Chinese antiques, incl. weapons & armor) (added 9/20/99)
• Le Hussard (French militaria dealer) (added 9/25/99)
• RussianSwords.com (added 11/19/99)
• Coyote's Paw Gallery (link to weapons section) (added 11/23/99)
• Moro swords for sale (added 11/26/99)
• Rob's Edged Weapons and Militaria Page (Napoleonic and other eras) (added 12/9/99)
• Fine Antique Arms (cannons and other cool toys) (not responding 11/18/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Twilight's Door (excellent prices and email response, recommended! Del Tin resellers)
• Albion Armorers (great people, great service, Del Tin reseller)
• The Knife Center of the Internet (marto, iberia, gladius et al. - good prices)
• Bugei Trading Company (Japanese swords & supplies)
• Swords'n'Stuff (*lots* of swords, lots of stuff)
• Museum Replicas (the grand-daddy of resellers, now owned by Windlass Steelcrafts)
• Atlanta Cutlery (former owners of Museum Replicas, now owned by Windlass Steelcrafts)
• Medieval Replicas
• Weapons Emporium (swords and armor)
• CAS Iberia swords (the home source - carried by many resellers)
• Bru-Baker's Swords, Armory & Artifacts (resellers of all major brand-names)
• Alchemist's Attic (good prices on the usual stuff)
• Fantasy Cutlery East (owner is very cool - I met him last Pennsic)
• Swords from Toledo (if you must have one, here they are straight from the source)
• Discount Knives of the Internet (they offer to beat anyone's prices by 10%)
• Bud K Worldwide (knives and some swords)
• A Work of Art (Del Tin resellers and custom work)
• The Armory (good prices on the usual stuff)
• Arms of Valor (good prices on the usual stuff)
• Age of Chivalry (great domain name!)
• Medieval-Weaponry.com (another great domain name)
• Cloaken Sword (Canada)
• Swan Swords (Italy) (added 9/15/99)
• Castle Keep Reenactor's Supply (medieval - 20th century) (added 9/25/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Grey Company trebuchet page
• The algorithmic beauty of the trebuchet
• Codesmith's Siege engines
• Trebuchet Resource site (includes construction plans!)
• The trebuchet at the NF/Observatory, New Mexico
• The Bungeelista (detailed plans for rubber-powered SCA siege weapon)
• The Catapult Museum Online
• Medieval Siege Warfare
• The Geometry of War, 1500-1750 (from the Oxford Museum, U.K.)
• Oriflamme (includes links to cool seige weaponry)
• Catapults in Greek and Roman Antiquity
• Crossbow FAQ
• Timber Framers Guild Trebuchet Project
• The Bird of Prey (building a torsion ballista)
• Medieval Siege Warfare (not responding 11/18/99)
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Forte Stage Combat (sword rental and sales - excellent service, highly recommended!)
• The Ring of Steel (theatrical, stage, and film combat)
• American Fencers Supply Company (I used several of their super-blades in a recent show - they'll stand up to an incredible beating!)
• The Atlanta Stage Combat studio
   

  
   
   
   
   

• Kingslayer Armory (great stuff, tell 'em Therion sent you)
• Horsebows.com (traditional archery and bows of Mongolia, Turkey and the Magyar people)
   

  
   
   
   
   
   
   

• German Central (Landsknecht recreationists)
• Fä hnlein Kriegshunde (and more landsknecht recreationists)
• Der Davi jerz Bundesregiment, Berne (we landsknechts are everywhere!)
• The Guild of St. Maximillian (even in California)
• Schloss des Ravensburg
• Landsknecht's web-ring site listings
• The Real Landsknecht Homepage (by Tempus)
• Landsknecht garb (pictures of Therion in cool outfits)
• Landsknecht.com (under construction)
   

  
   
   
   
   
   
   

• SmyrnaCoin auctions on eBay (sword and knife case suppliers - great people, great service)
• Malachi's Mail (mail created by an old friend. tell him Therion sent you)
• New World Arbalest (fine crossbows - when you just don't like fighting face to face)
• Tattershall Arms ( 16th century firearms & supplies)
• Sara's Chainmail Connection (all the links you need)
• Armourer Magazine (U.K.)
• ChainMaille Fashions (extremely decorative mail. adults only))
• Armourers Ring Homepage (a link-exchange for armor-related sites. mostly mail.)
• The Universal Currency Converter (great for figuring foreign prices)
• The Company of Saint Michael (SCA tournament society promoting historical tournaments)
• Costume Armour Inc. (vacuum-formed kydex theatrical armor)
• Chainmail & More - fantasies in metal (adults only)
• Kyl's Arms, Armour and Combat (more links - primarily SCA combat)
• The Costume Page (historical costuming resources links)
• Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
• Historical firearms (discussion on pre-1600 firearms for SCA use)
• Weapons of Java (from the Indonesian Antique Gallery)
• Korean Traditional Archery
• The History of Costume (by Braun & Scheider - good pics)
• How to build a Stormtrooper costume (good how-to for making vacuum formed plastic armor)
• The Herald's Cry (searchable database of world-wide SCA events)
• Footwear of the Middle Ages (what to wear under your sabatons)
• Re-Creation, Re-Enactment, and Living History Groups (listings and contact information)
• Tenans de la Flame (SCA tournament society)
• Bayonet Trader (they're not quite swords, but if you want a bayonet, this is the guy)
• Blackpowder Shooter's Resource Guide
• Defensive archery techniques (For SCA combat archers)
• Passage of Armes (a medieval living history event)
• Irish Musket Locke Co. (replica hand gonnes and early black powder weapons)
• The Castles of Wales
• H.H. Perkins Co. (rattan supplier)
• Bamboo Rattan Works Inc. (rattan supplier)
• Frank's Cane and Rush Supply (link to rattan page)
• High Point Creation (rattan supplies - Hong Kong)
• NetSERF (medieval resources)
• Handgonnes.com (cool toys go bang!)
• Band Guns (cool toys that go twang)
• The Highlander sword shopper's guide
• Moscow Hide and Fur (critter parts make great decorations with your sword & armor displays)
• The UK register of re-enactment web sites
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook (do your research!)
• The English Wheel (looks like a nifty tool for making armor)
• Table of metallurgical properties of naval armor and construction materials (lots of info about steel)
• Medieval manuscript leaves (not armor or weapons, but still way cool)
• No Quarter Given (pirate resources)
• Purpleheart Armory (wooden training weapons - European)
• Arena - Gladiatorial games (info)
• Greek fire (info on medieval napalm)
• Chinese and Korean military antiques (several cannons for sale)
• Re-enactor's World (links to re-enactment groups)
• Chain Mail Rings (large variety of pre-cut rings) (added 11/8/99)
• The Towton Project (skeletal analysis from Battle of Towton) (added 11/17/99)
• Bloody cost of medieval warfare (more Towton info, plus pics) (added 11/17/99)
• Cannon LTD Artillery Manufacturers (BOOM!) (added 11/26/99)
• The Army of Gustavus II Adolphus (recreationist company) (added 11/26/99)
• Paul's Keris page(added 11/26/99)
• The International Hoplology Society (studies human combative behavior) (added 11/30/99)
   

  
   
  
  
  
  
  

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