Yesterday I reported on getting (and dulling down) a new sword for practicing the sword-and-shield study I do at Asfolk. Today, after getting a great piece of advice from my classmate Kai, I set out to shorten the grip. This went quite well. My goal was to make it on the longer end of what…
When I’m not doing publishing, I do other things. One of those things is some obscure HEMA – Viking-style shield-and-weapon fighting. My group (Asfolk, in MN) tries to work with equipment that’s as similar to historical weight and manufacture as is feasible, and then we work on things from there. I got into it after…
When I started out doing what would become Dragon Heresy, I went looking for some experience in sword and shield fighting. I’d already decided on a viking-style bent, since they were sort of the OG D&D party. I found a school here in the Twin Cities, and fell in with remarkable people. Arthur is a…