Join us for a free recording of our presentation about the ongoing 3D research at the Oakeshott Institute. From academic research to swords in video games, we’ll take a look at the various ways the Oakeshott Institute is utilizing 3D models to bring the collection in to the digital age. The talk covers the capture … Continue Reading
The Lecture: 1st Quarter 2020 At the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, a then 16-year-old prince Henry took an arrow to the face that plunged 6 inches into his head. In a feat of surgical expertise, John Bradmore successfully removed the arrow and treated the young prince who became one of the most celebrated martial … Continue Reading
An introduction to Pre-modern Middle Eastern Swords
The Oakeshott Institute, in collaboration with the Center for Blade Arts, is pleased to announce that we will be hosting two days of workshops and lectures with Roger Norling, an internationally respected scholar, teacher, and practitioner of Joachim Meyer’s martial system. The event will be March 9th and 10th 2019 1pm-9:30pm each day. The event … Continue Reading
Following in the wake of such successful Oakeshott Institute crafting classes as ‘Blacksmithing 101’ and ‘Make your own parrying dagger’, we are happy to announce our ‘Make your own singlestick’ class. A stout hickory stick mounted with a leather basket hilt has been use as a singlestick for sword training and tests of skill since … Continue Reading
Build your own training dagger in this one day skills building workshop. The Renaissance art of Rapier and Dagger combat is still practiced today and if you would like to create your own dagger this is the class for you! The Oakeshott Institute will lead you through the finishing of your hilt and assemble of … Continue Reading
Blacksmithing 101 Here are some pictures from a recent intro to blacksmithing class we hosted. The participants learned about some of the basic skills of working steel hot and cold and some techniques for finishing. Giving folks their first taste of hitting hot steel with a hammer is always fun for everyone. Many got to … Continue Reading