Medieval Shields

5 May 2010 | Author: Admin

The shield is a defensive weapon to protect against offensive weapons. Medieval shields are part of the history of warfare of all time. The Romans used mainly for cutting oval shield. The Norman shield shaped like an almond with bottom as they used to tip into the ground. At the end of s. XIII and XVI was used to shield shaped like an equilateral triangular. More ...

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Sir Lancelot, Knight of the round table

14 April 2011 | Author: George

Sir Lancelot was one of the Knights of the round table in Arthurian legend. It is regarded as one of the most important of the Knights of King Arthur playing an important role in many of the victories of the King and is also the hero of the chivalrous novel Lancelot du Lac. However he is best known for her affair with the wife of Arthur, Geneva, and by the role in the search for the Holy Grail. More ...

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History of the Winchester rifle

26 January 2012 | Author: George

In common usage, the Winchester rifle is either the lever rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms company, Although the company has also manufactured many rifles of other kinds of action. The Winchester rifles were the first repeating rifles, the Winchester of repetition is colloquially known as “the gun that won the West” for his dominant role in the hands of Western settlers. More ...

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Historical swords of Marto

20 January 2012 | Author: George
Toledo is a city famous for its history, his art and his "steel". The fame of the old Toledo steel was the mastery with which craftsmen managed the art of hardened steel without any technical knowledge, Neither instrument capable of remotely measuring high temperatures applied to steel in this magical transformation and treatment. This skill and mastery, "SECRET OF THE TEMPLE" , It has been saved very carefully by all teachers espaderos Toledo being only transmitted from generation to generation until today, can say therefore that the "Toledo steel" is unique in the world.
MARTO was born in the year 1961 in the historic center of Toledo to collect testimony from this famous tradition hand crafted and espadera and today we are very proud of keeping this "secret of the TEMPLE", It is the essence of all our swords made in TOLEDO, giving continuity and prestige to the famous steel of TOLEDO.
MARTO certifies that all their swords minted with "Marto-Toledo" are designed, developed and manufactured in TOLEDO- Spain, for our valued and recognized artists, artisans and master espaderos, who masterfully combined the immemorial toledan espadera tradition with techniques more modern and advanced, thereby ensuring a unique exclusive article, quality, traditional and toledano, which everyone knows and recognizes as product MARTO.
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What is a shirasaya??

20 January 2012 | Author: George

The shirasaya, literally “White sheath”, It is a simple sheath of wood which is made up of 2 parts that are, on the one hand the saya (It is the pod) and the tsuka (It is the grip), traditionally the shirasaya was made of nurizaya wood. They used this type of wood if the sword was not going to be used in a long time, to ensure that it be well preserved. More ...

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Revolver brand Denix

13 January 2012 | Author: George

A revolver is a handgun of repetition which has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one gun to shoot. The first revolver (spark) It was created by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon was known as the Paterson Colt. With the passage of time the revolver was replaced by semi-automatic pistols. Its reduced capacity ammunition and reload automatically more often compared to loading guns are the main reasons for the transition, that occurred during the first half of the century 20 for military forces, and in the years 1980 and 1990 by the police forces. In addition, the flat profile of the semi-automáticos that are best suited to carry hidden. Today, revolvers are still common in the American private sector as firearms for the self-defence and hunting sports. Then can see a photo of a revolver brand Colt called Pacemaker: More ...

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Roldán, the Commander of Charlemagne

12 January 2012 | Author: George

Roldan (died the 15 in August of 778) It was a military leader of the Franks under the command of Charlemagne, It became one of the main figures in the literary cycle known as the matter of France. Historically, Roldan was military Governor of the Breton March, with the responsibility for defending the border of France against the Bretons. Its only historical testimony lies in Vita Einhard Karoli Magni, which describes him as Hruodlandus Brittannici limitis prefect (“Roland, prefect in the limits of Brittany”). More ...

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