Links and Resources:
(last link verification Jan 3, 2025)
There are many sources of arms and armor for sword fighters. A lot of products are cheaply made, only
intended to look nice hanging on a wall or draped on you as you walk about a renaissance or fantasy faire
or convention. For weapons, look for high carbon combat ready. For armor, stainless or spring steel, or
thick aluminium or latigo leather. See our Protective Gear page for more
guidance.
(Lists are alphabetical, check with your Kaiden if you're unsure on any particular product)
Bokken / Wasters (wood training weapons):
Steel Weapons (combat-grade, blunt/rebated):
- Age of Chivalry
- Akado Armory
- Buhurt Tech
- CAS Iberia
- Castille Armory
- HEMA Supplies
- Museum Replicas (limited actual combat-grade gear, choose carefully)
- Purpleheart Armory
- Sigi Forge
- SoCal Swords
- Therion Arms
- VB Swordshop
Steel Weapons (cutting-grade, sharps):
Armor:
- Age of Chivalry
- Age of Craft
- Armory Smith
- Armour Workshop, armor by Pavel Burlakov
- Arm Street
- Art by Amber Damare
- Bokalo's Armoury
- Buhurt Tech
- GF Workshop
- HBC Armor Shop
- HEMA Supplies
- Kult of Athena
- Lemberg Armor & Craft
- Medieval Extreme
- Museum Replicas (limited actual combat-grade gear)
- Mutsu no Kuni
- Plasticsmith Armoury
- Ravenswood Leather (WCoS members may receive a discount on most purchases)
- Samurai Armor
- Steel Mastery
- Therion Arms
- West Coast Armoury
- Winner Armor
Materials:
- ePlastics (ABS, HDPE, or kydex)
- The Hide House
- Online Metals
- Oregon Leather Company
- Ravenswood Leather
- Tandy Leather
Other Guilds & Organizations:
- HEMA - Historical European Martial Arts
- SCA - Society for Creative Anachronism
- The Adrian Empire
- Association for Renaissance Martial Arts