The weapon is a rapier, having a silver filagree handle and guard, with a sword knot to correspond attached. There is a sheepskin or white parchment scabbard, silver mounted, supported by a green ...

Participants of all ages will face off on Jan. 11 to test their skills in Historical European Martial Arts, or HEMA for short ... longsword or sword and buckler to rapier and dagger,” he ...

The Middle Bronze Age hoard, found in Stalbridge, consists of a palstave axe head, a decorated bangle and a rapier sword that appeared to be deliberately broken in three pieces and buried.