The New and complete American encyclopedia 1808

The inhabitants ire a mixture of the descendants of the ancient Hunns, Sclavonians, Camani, Germans, Walachians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and a wandering people called Zigduns, said to b: of uncertain origin, but probable the fame as those we call Gypsies. The Hungarians are said to be of a sanguine choleric temper, and somewhat fierce, cruel, [...]

Mountain Axe at ISMAC XI 2011

Wow, I have really neglected this site for the last year or so haven’t I? Like anyone is reading:) So here is an update…while I may have let the site slack a bit I have been keeping up with my axe work and was lucky enough to present a class on the subject at the [...]

Cold steel to sokyra update

I did a little more work on my converted Cold Steel Norse tomahawk…it felt nice but was just a bit too heavy so I worked on grinding the head into a lighter more historically accurate shape. After a few hours of constant grinding and quenching , I can honestly say I am overjoyed at the [...]

Cold Steel to Sokyra

A few weeks ago a took the head off of my CS Norse Hawk and put it on a  hickory sledge hammer handle I had bought just just for this purpose. After trimming the handle it measures at 35″. I took the handle itself to a belt sander and while it already had an oval [...]

Mountain Axe at SCA Saxon Summer again this year.

I will be teaching a workshop on the mountain axe again this year at the local SCA event called Saxon Summer on September 12. I believe the event is being held in hubbard Ohio again this year but will post the address when I get it. Should be a good time. Last year it was [...]

Mountain axe at ISMAC

On saturday afternoon I taught a 1 1/2 hour course on the Carpathian mountain axe. While taught a shorter course at a local SCA event last year, this marks the first complete class of this kind ever taught by me using this material. IIRC we had 12 people in the class…for a while it looked [...]

Mountian Axe Mayhem!

After we got done filming the clip below, we decided to do some bouting with our axes……

Four engaging ways to deal with an incoming attack

Just a short video clip as promised a few posts back. 1. Parry with the poll side of the axe. 2. Parry with the cheek or side of the axe or shaft. 3. Direct block with lead edge then turning to attack. 4. Direct stop with the head of the axe, best done on their [...]

Zbojnický tanec – Outlaw dance

Another axe dance

Another great axe dance fromt he troope in Arizona with Harnas Dragoslav at the head! These guys have been getting better with every clip I see from them..an inspiration to all us axe swingers out there!