The helmet or helm was developed to keep up with advances in weaponry of the times. Helmet history is fascinating, and chronologically speaking, the helmet is innovation itself. Hickory Arms offers a changing variety of historical and reproduction helmets for you to choose. All the helmets on our website can be worn, and many are [...]
Hickory Arms feels that your hickory training sword needs to be treated as a piece of sports equipment in order to receive maximum benefit. Regardless of whether your practice sword is a Claymore or Youth Broad sword, size doesn't matter when it comes to practicing form and increasing strength. Oh sure, you can flail about with [...]
Ugh! Christmas shopping… Online shopping… sizes, boxes, wrapping… Hickory Arms wants to help you give them the gift they will LOVE - wrapped in a sword sock, no need to get them anything else. Watching the Christmas shoppers this weekend was eye opening. Without realizing, Christmas shoppers tend to project their likes and desires into [...]
Not to brag, but…. Our Hickory Arms Practice Sword Designer, Luke Schriefer is Pretty AWESOME! He brings cutting edge technology to his Technology Education classes in Silver Lake Regional High School Kingston, MA. And Luke has been nominated for best new teacher in MA and best teacher in MA for good reason! Luke personally raises [...]
Hickory Arms Practice Sword Sales Help Wanted. love swords? willing to learn? like selling? can dress in period costume? conduct yourself well? cheerful? If so, let us know if you are interested in a paid apprenticeship with Hickory Arms. Drop us a line and let us know why you would make a great Hickory Arms's [...]
Observations by an objective bystander. 1 Once a sword is in their hands they are instantly… some-... -where…. else... A movie. A game. A battle. Another time. Another place. Another dimension. Far away. Bye-bye. 2 They have to have the biggest sword. Period. Even little, small kids - this need for the biggest [...]
Here is a list of some really great groups and events in New England and near-by. The new Ligthtsaber Academy in Goffstown, NH – will have another great event in March!! This Mixed Martial Arts Celebration, April 23, is open to all and definitely looks worth the trip - On a similar note, came across this [...]
Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All https://youtu.be/lVH4vdMGBJk
We make a variety of wooden swords at Hickory Arms, including gladii, bokkens, longswords, Viking swords and more. The names might not mean a lot to you unless you are already familiar with the different kinds of swords, so we put together this overview of several types of wooden swords, including their history and [...]
