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Podcast: The Sword Guy Podcast
Episode: Bringing Fiore to a Knife Fight, with Ian Davis
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Ian Davis is a historical fencing instructor at Boston Armizare, specialising in Italian fencing from the 14th to the 16th centuries. These days he is almost exclusively interested in wrestling, dagger and harness.
Ian has been testing to discover what it actually takes to stick a sword point through historical maille. Here are some videos of his tests:
Maille testing round 1 (sw...