So originally, this post was going to be titled “Costuming 101: Stay Away From Ren Boots!”, but they’re trying to do right by me, so I’m going to be reserving judgement until this whole thing plays itself out. Part 1 is a little long-winded, but the next few updates to the story should be fairly short. And hey, there’s a Ron White reference!

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It’s a beautiful day here in sunny downtown San Francisco. The real question is, why the heck am I still here to enjoy it, when my flight was supposed to be last night???

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Greeting to all!
As you may know, I made some improvements to Squire’s sword (Novice for now) . The idea was to change the size of the handle, especially for bastard version. I had a thick steel wire rode and a ring near the guard. These two additions gave a better control with the weapon. Although several models manufactured today, whether medieval or fantastic, have handles style spindle-shaped (rounder silhouette), I noticed that historically (see diagram) making this style is more suitable for thrusting hit and is a lighter weapon like the rapier (in general because there are exceptions)!

Note: The final color will be black

On this, we need you to find a new name for this sword. The current name is Novice but nobody likes it. So following a suggestion from our fan page in Facebook, here’s the final list that we choose. Please vote and help us to find a name for this sword:

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March means big things, boys and girls. Yes, it’s the wind-down of winter, when most LARPS start planning their spring and summer dates, and those that shut for the season get ready to open their doors again. But for me, March is even more important because that is when generally falls the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.

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Here is the new Odo mace which is already available on our site since a month now. I create this weapon with a simple design in purpose to make it easy to build. That allows us to offer it at a lower cost!

The mace is 32 inches (81 cm) long. When I started the design I wanted to do a mass that could be used over a long period of medieval history.

A funny things; I recently found on the website of a Belgian museum (unfortunately I lost the link), a photo of a real model which look likes what I did without knowing it.

The name of Odo was suggested by Micael from Calimacil team. I think this is very appropriate because the name came from a clerk (religious) who fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1044 during Normans invasion in England. (Not to be confused with Odo, the Changelings from Star Trek). The historical Odo was depicted on the famous tapestry of Bayeux (known by the Queen Matilda) recounting the deeds of this war.

Here a picture zooms from the tapestry on which we can see Odo who fights with a mace.

Sneak peek: I am currently working on a new saber for the squire collection, I’ll post pictures soon.

Let me know what you think of Odo!