Why you shouldn't thrust with a historical feder
Today we take a look at how training swords flex when you hit someone with a thrust, and the differences between modern and historical feders. We use a model we made of an original 16th century feder from the Higgins Collection at the Worcester Art Museum and a volunteer blacksmith from our shop, and draw some conclusions on sword design.
check out this earlier blog post for info on the original sword: https://www.arms-n-armor.com/blogs/ne...
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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