The Oakeshott Institute

  • Home
  • Home
  • Events
  • Workshops
    • Make a Buckler Grown-Up Day Camp
    • Vikings to Valhalla!
    • Siege & Holy War!
    • A Knight’s Tale: Tournament & Joust!
  • Membership
  • Scholarly Research
    • Sword Typology
    • Sword Documentation Project
    • Articles and Research
  • History & Mission
    • History & Mission
    • Vision of Our Founders: Ewart & Sybil
    • Tribute to Ewart Oakeshott
      • Ewart Oakeshott, Curriculum Vitae
    • Tribute to Sybil Marshall
      • Sybil Marshall’s Curriculum Vitae
  • blog

Category

arms & armor

metalurgy european armor

Some Aspects of the Metallurgy and Production of European Armor

  • October 18, 2016
  • arms & armor, blog
  • 0 Comments
  • EwartOak

By Craig Johnson, first published in the Armored Proceedings Symposium Notes, 1999. The metallurgical study of armour and weapons has taken some major steps forward in the last ten to twenty years. This information has been published in several journals and reports but in a fairly dispersed manner which is difficult for the general interest … Continue Reading

sword blade hardness

Sword Blade Hardness: a Look at the Current Research

  • October 18, 2016
  • arms & armor, blog
  • 0 Comments
  • EwartOak

Sword Blade Hardness: A look at the current research An article by Craig Johnson A bladesmith The possible variables in composition for any given sword blade are often so numerous that they defy counting. It is now understood that this variation is the result of attempts to produce a blade that solves material and design … Continue Reading

 

Previous 1 2
  • Recent Posts

    • Support The Oakeshott Institute from Anti-Sword Bias
    • Arms & Armour History, Conservation and Analysis, Essays in Honour of David Edge
    • A Sword in the Digital Hand
    • Weapons, Wounds, and Warfare in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
    • Weapons, Wounds, and Warfare in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • Categories

    • arms & armor
    • blog
    • camps
    • Classes
    • Classes
    • Events
    • Fund Raising
    • HEMA/WMA
    • History
    • Lecture
    • Middle East
    • military tactics & strategy
    • Sword
    • Sword Geekery
    • Uncategorized
  • © 2016 All Rights Reserved | Powered by Wordpress | Made with ❤ by Themely