Arms & Armor is, hands-down, the finest producer of replica medieval and renaissance weaponry in the United States. This isn’t just me, their excellence is generally acknowledged across the industry. Their weapons and armor are scrupulously historically accurate, beautiful, and, amazingly, also good as weapons. The rapiers they make are the most balanced ones I have ever seen. They produce exactly what you’d expect from the company name: swords, axes, shields, spears, breastplates, etc. It is done with forges, stock-removal, and all the other tools of an armorer’s trade. They make a lot of weapons to order, but there is also a back-stock on hand, so they may already have the item you want. I own several of their weapons and treasure every single one. I once wrote and asked if it was possible to visit the site, and they were very, very nice about it(even opened the place and came in the day after Christmas, so I could see it!). The studio was full of an incredibly range of metalworking machinery and craftsman’s tools. It’s not quite right to say they have a showroom(at least when i visited a few years ago), but they did have the back-stock set up in a section of the studio, and were happy enough to sell me something out of it(of course — I mean, it is a business). Note: it’s not quite correct that they are listed under«antiques, kitchen, & bath»: what they make are not antiques, but modern replicas that would be indistinguishable to a person from the original era. You literally could not do better if you’re looking for a sword or other weapon. And hey, if you drop a line, they’d be happy to show you around.
