The Lovino Project: Contemporary portraits
A compilation of portraits that match Lovino’s time and costume, giving us a better idea of the swords that could be associated.
The Lovino Project: Weapons in the manuscript
A deeper look into Lovino’s manuscript, seeking clues about the form and size of swords and daggers.
The Lovino Project
This is an introduction for a series of post detailing my project for a Lovino-inspired sword and dagger set.
Plates in Thibault’s hilts
On Thibault’s Table 27, perforated plates cover the hilts’ front openings.
Malleus Martialis Galante – Initial look
A detailed review of the design and construction of the Malleus Martialis Galante rapier which I recently bought.
Study of various historical rapiers
Guillaume Vauthier has compiled and analyzed a great amount of publicly available data on rapiers, and has kindly allowed me to host it here.
Etude de rapières historiques
Guillaume Vauthier a réalisé une grande compilation et analyse des données publiques disponibles sur de nombreuses rapières, et m’a permis d’héberger cet article ici.
Simulating Sword Properties
Over the years the topic of the simulation of the properties of swords has come up a number of times. This article describes a contribution I have made on this subject, and gives access to the code!