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Artofswordmaking by Maciej Kopciuch

www.mieczesredniowieczne.pl - this is my second official website about medieval swords: research, articles, galleries, typologies, interviews and much more (Polish language)

 

Swordmaker - this is my official Facebook profile

 

Maciej Kopciuch on Flickr - this is my on-line gallery with categories, where you will find hundreds of pictures of my works, also from my workshop

 

 

 

FORUMS, COMMUNITIES

 

www.swordforum.com - The web's oldest and most established online resource and interactive knowledge base for antique and modern swords - discussion forums, articles, blog, etc...

 

www.myArmoury.com  - A resource for historic arms and armor collectors with photo galleries, reviews, reference materials, discussion forums, and a bookstore.

 

www.BladesmithsForum.com - Biggest community of smiths: swordmakers, knivemakers and craftsmen.

 

 

MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS, MASTERS

 

www.dimicator.com - DIMICATOR is Roland Warzecha's martial arts school for the reconstruction and practice of historical European swordsmanship. The focus is on unarmoured fighting with sword and buckler, as described in late medieval German manuscripts.

 

www.londonlongsword.com - The London Longsword Academy instruction all aspects of Historical European Martial Arts.

 

 

USEFULL SOURCES / HISTORICAL RESEARCH

 

www.manuscriptminiatures.com - is an image collection of miniatures depicting armoured figures from the medieval period. Miniatures are sourced from manuscripts created before 1450 in countries across Europe.

 

 

SWORDMAKERS / CRAFTSMEN / ARTISTS

 

www.robert-moc.sk - Robert Môc is an artist craftsman from Slovakia. His work is the reconstruction of historical swords - European and Asian, using old techniques.

 

www.peterjohnsson.com - Peter Johnsson is a Swedish swordmaker, artist craftsman and researcher. Peter base his work on hands on research of original artefacts from museums around Europe. Study of swords is for him as important as the making of them.

 

www.powning.com - Jake Powning, is a master swordsmith working in the European tradition. His work is inspired by historical artifacts and a deep love of mythology.

 

www.elmslie.co.uk - James G. Elmslie, Scottish craftsman, and historical researcher on the subject of medieval single-edged weapons

 

www.StephensForge.com - Dave Stephens is a swordmaker who lives in Anchorage, Alaska. He makes pattern welded swords in the Western tradition.

 

www.Kowmal.com - Tomasz Ciupiński, an artist craftsman from Poland. He makes high quality, hand-made, historical sabers.

 

www.todsstuff.co.uk - Tod makes all kinds of historical weaponry to a high level of historical accuracy, but is especially well known for daggers, eating knives, crossbows and sword scabbards, both custom commissions and pieces in stock

 

www.kaermorhenforge.com - the only producent of high quality, functional and licenced swords from The Witcher Universum. Poland.