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Medieval shirts and blouses

The shirts and the blouses are formal and informal clothes, made of cloth. These clothes cover the chest and they usually have a neck, sleeves and buttons in the frontal part. The original word for the shirt is “camis”

Medieval Casserole - Medieval Kitchen Tools

Medieval Kitchen Tools

Our kitchens have a lot of tools and they seems they always have been like this. The kitchen grew with the human culture during the eras. In every cultural and historical museum we can see how our ancestors were

Functional Sword Musketeers - The Musketeers Sword

The Musketeers Sword

In the 1622, Luis XIII created the special corp of the musketeers and the general was the count of Trevillè. This corp was formed by one hundred musketeers, a cornetman, a sergeant, a lieutenant and a captain. Between those,

Bowie Knife Mick Crocodile Dundee Damascus Steel - Bowie Knife

Bowie Knife

The Bowie knife was used in the borders of the US at the middle of the XVIII century, and it’s a defense, rustic hunting knife. It is quite large and the handle is not cylindric. Its name comes from

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Miniature of the templar knights

The miniatures of the templar knights are made of resin and they have different sizes. These warriors founded a better society, helping the poor people and protecting the Holy Land and its citizens. The templar knights had their own

medieval leather shoes - Medieval Leather Shoes

Medieval Leather Shoes

We can confirm that first meddieval shoes covered completely the feet, by means of ropes and ribbons. They were made with sheeps’ skin or a sort of cloth made of thick wool, usually called ordinary fabric. Pointed boots, normally

Saber Shashka - Cossack sabre (Shashka)

Cossack sabre (Shashka)

Shashka is a war weapon, in the category of the bladed weapons but it’s not classified as a sabre. It blade is long, slightly curved and it’s sharpened only in one side. The point of the blade is sharpened

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Types of J.K. training swords

The armorer of the Czech Republic, Jiri Krondak, manufactures battle-ready swords with different finishes and features. Something common in all of them, is the strength and durability that characterize them. If we go back to medieval times and analyze

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Stands and expositors for swords, katanas and guns

The swords, the katanas and the replicas in general are unique pieces, decorative and with a singular beauty for their originality, antiquity, material quality, value, etc… The swords, katanas and gun replicas collectors love to show their collections for

Sword maintenance - Swords' Maintenance

Swords’ Maintenance

The first thing we must take into account when we decide to keep a sword in proper conditions, it’s the fact of following some simple rules in order to complete this process correctly. Such as, blades should never be

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The Medieval Bascinet (bassinet, basinet, bazineto)

The medieval bascinet came into use in the thirteenth century, with the development of conical helmets, to protect the sides of the head and neck, but leaving the face exposed. It was lighter than the helmet. By the mid-fourteenth

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Two Handed Swords

The two handed swords are those sabres or swords whose handle has enough lenght to be covered with both hands. The two-handed sword was a weapon of the infantry, skilled and effective to fight pikes, halberds and spears. It

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Parts of the katana

The parts of a katana begin from the tip, with the Kojiri and continue with the saya, kurikata, sageo, seppa, koiguchi, tsuba, mekugi, fuchi, tsuka, ito, kashira … The origin of the Japanese katana goes back to the X-XII centuries.

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The Naruto Kunais

The kunai blade was a popular ninja weapon, it could be easily hidden and, because of their small size and effectiveness, could be removed quickly in combat. The kunai served several purposes, but primarily it was used as a

MANDOBLE WILLIAM WALLACE 604x478 - The largest sword

The largest sword

The largest sword (also called Claymore) used by man in times of war, was a disproportionate sword and that to be tamed, a large force was needed. The handling of this sword, required no special technique. It is known

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Katanas to practice Iaido

The Iaido technique involves unsheathe, cut, clean the blood of the blade and sheath, from different positions; this is what we may call as fundamental movements of iai. Iai means unity of being or unity of minds in the

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Katanas for combat Kendo

Kendo is a traditional Japanese martial art. It is considered elegant and refined in the world of the martial arts. The kendo, or Japanese fencing, arose from the natural evolution of the techniques of using the sword. Those practicing