Selected weapon construction links:

Arrow head construction guidelines
National Weapon resource page
Argadon's suggestions on axe construction
Vonkar's treatise on weapon construction(under construction...still)
Scion's Weapon Construction Page
Scimitar Core suggestions (or, how to intentionaly curve PVC)

For links to live steel weapons, look at some of the links to companies on the armour page.

Determining the quality of live steel weapons.

How to make an SCA sword, for comparison to Dagorhir style weapons only. This illustrated the lengths we go to to make sure weapons are safe.

Names of Major weapons in The Lord of The Rings

AIGLOS		spear of Gil-galad
ANDU'RL		flame of the west, sword of Elendil
NARSIL		sword that was broken
BARROW BLADE
DURIN's AXE
GLAMDRING	Foe Hammer
GROND  		(book III pg 124) a ram named after the hammer of the
		underworld, smashed the great gates of Gondor
       ..
GUTHWINE:	(book II pg 176) 
HERUMGRIM	(book II pg 157)
ORCRIST		Goblin cleaver
STING
vilya

Names of weapons in Anfalas

Dita
Mage-bane
The tooth pick of death
The Q-tip of death
Star-fire
Moon-shine
Sushin (mosquito)

Modified: March 18, 1998.