Doctors Guy Windsor and Nathan Clough Examining an Original 15th Century Longsword

Описание: Today we are happy to host our good friend, acclaimed swordsman, researcher, and teacher Guy Windsor Ph.D. In this video Guy and Nathan examine an original German longsword from the 15th century and talk about how period weapons handle, and what this can teach us about reconstructing the martial arts of renaissance Europe.

Check out Guy's website with links to his scholarship, podcast, blogs, books, online instruction and more here: https://swordschool.shop

Check out Arms and Armor's reproduction of the sword in the video here: https://www.arms-n-armor.com/products...

As always, our swords and weapons are made by hand, by us at our shop in Minneapolis, MN. Sword blades from 6150 steel, hardened to 50-52 Rockwell, spears and axes from 4140 steel, differentially hardened. They are all hand-crafted to look, feel, and function just like the original pieces on which they are based.

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Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is Vice President of Arms and Armor and a member of the governing board of The Oakeshott Institute. He is a historical martial artist and a former university professor of cultural geography. He has given presentations on historical arms at events including Longpoint and Combatcon, and presented scholarly papers at, among others, The International Congress on Medieval Studies.

Craig Johnson is the Production Manager of Arms and Armor and Secretary of The Oakeshott Institute. He has taught and published on the history of arms, armor and western martial arts for over 30 years. He has lectured at several schools and Universities, WMAW, HEMAC, 4W, and ICMS at Kalamazoo. His experiences include iron smelting, jousting, theatrical combat instruction and choreography, historical research, European martial arts and crafting weapons and armor since 1985.