Desert Dagger

This couldn't be how it ended. Alan dead in the muck, leagues away from home, only to die in the sand. His thoughts raced in the sickly sweet smelling air. Peach and copper and mango and wheat grass all fought inside his nose as the other man breathed in his face.
"This is the last dagger you'll ever see, Crusader Dog!" the hashshin crowed, as he sat astride Samuel, knife to his throat as he lay in the sand just outside what he thought to be his final goal. 
This took Samuel by surprise "So it's a dessert dagger, then?" 
"Yes, it's a... no! Wait, what?!" But that was all the distraction he needed. A swift headbutt rang both of their helmets like bells, the chainmail on the kulah khud jangling in harmony like the smaller ones attached to festive holly. As his assailant reeled Samuel shoved him off and sprang to his feet. Quickly grabbing his templar shield, he delivered a swift kick to the ribs and then ran inside the building.  
"For the Sovereign!" Samuel roared "Juice Vault!"

WOULD YOU SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE FOR THE PHARAOH?

Whether your LARP-character is a loyal soldier or a treacherous backstabbing priest, it is written in stone and hieroglyphs, that the Epic Armoury Desert Dagger is the perfect knife for you. Even though it bears a remarkable resemblance to the ceremonial knife, that was found in the tomb of the great pharaoh Tutankhamun's, this dagger is not made of any extraterrestrial material. It is in fact made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating that will withstand LARP combat and abuse. The 28 cm knife has a two-edged blade with a central ridge, no crossguard and a flattened pommel, and the handle is wrapped in leather, trimmed with a single, fine gold line. When you are crafting your LARP kit, this dagger will make you look like you belong in the desert

HISTORY

• The Ancient Egyptians used daggers for self-protection, close quarter combat & warfare, but they were also pieces of adornment or ceremonial objects
• In ancient Egypt, daggers were usually made of copper or bronze, while royalty had gold weapons

The alarm bell sounds from the town while you are working in the field, and there isn’t enough warning for the farmers to find safety before the raiders are upon you. All you have is your scythe, and it is this that you clench in your calloused and worn hands as they descend.

Along with your fellow workers, you fight bravely. They aren’t expecting peasants such as you to fight so hard! You don’t want to die, and so you also find yourself thankful that the raiders seem as untrained as you, the combat continuing.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s War Scythe is a 60 cm latex short axe with a 20 cm blade. The weapon is entirely handpainted with wood-grain and metal finishes. The blade is angled and designed to match the realism of the traditionally shaped handle, with a deadly hook at the end inspired by the weapons that could rip through armour...as well as more obvious farmer’s tool!

Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your kit.

HISTORY

• Designed as a weapon against armoured opponents at close range
• Considered an improvised weapon used by peasants in uprisings, whereas the blade would have been rotated to appear more spear-like
• Typically attached to a pole and used as a farming tool

Shredder would have bought them from us if it wasn't for those damn Turtles!

NOTE: Gloves worn by model are sold separately to the bazubands. These are the Epic Armoury Leather Gloves - Suede.

You’ve been eyeing those gleaming, beautiful Bazubands for weeks. They are still available at the same craftsman’s stall, set on display for all those to see. You keep imagining how those bracers are befitting a warrior, intimidating and skilled. If you wore them, maybe you would become just a little more like a hero.

Unfortunately, you can’t afford such master crafting. The asking price is more than you could make in a year! But you simply can’t stop thinking about them...maybe that craftsman would be interested in an incredibly enthusiastic apprentice?

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Polished Steel Bazuband is an elegant piece of armour designed to protect your forearms. The Bazuband is a compromise between the discomfort of gauntlets and the mobility of demi-gauntlets, providing comfort and the freedom of movement you desire. Paired with your own leather glove, these robust steel plates efficiently protect the back of your hand, thumb, and underarm while strong chainmail connect the plates to ensure unbridled--but protected--movement.

The Bazuband is fully usable with other Epic Armoury metal products, giving you the freedom to customize your character’s costume. Made of 1 mm thick mild steel and vegetable-tanned leather straps and fittings, this armour piece is built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

Gloves sold separately

HISTORY

• Originated in the Asia Minor during the 12th- to 14th-centuries
• Specifically designed to protect the wrist to the elbow
• Also known as naruchi (Russia and Eastern Europe) and dastana (India)

Fear No One

Epic Armoury’s Polished Steel Persian Helmet is your solution for complete head protection. Inspired by ancient Asian armour, this helmet is made of 1 mm thick mild steel and features a tall bowled head with a pointed crest that has been capped with a decorative plate. A nasal guard extends up over the forehead and offers great protection to the face without limiting too much visibility, and it creates an impressive silhouette on the battlefield. It can be removed by loosening the front bolt.

A full chainmail aventail provides protection to both the neck and the face, and is hooked directly onto the helmet and around a strong band of metal that forms the two eye holes. These holes are wide for visibility! The chainmail is lined with leather around the eyes and in the front for comfort and to keep the links in place.

Secure the Persian Helmet by tightening the leather strap beneath the chin, keeping the helmet in place. An Off-White Persian Headband is included with your helmet, and can be strapped around the helmet’s crown and attached to the back using four holes in the metal.

Inspired by the Khula Khud

• An aventail is a veil of chainmail that attaches to the helmet and offers protection; it replaced the chainmail hood coif by the 14th century
• Khula Khuds were a type of helmet used by ancient western Asia, and included the use of an aventail
• Also very similar to a conical shaped Turban Helmet worn in the Ottoman Empire

THE HONOR OF YOUR FAMILY GOES WITH YOU

Epic Armoury’s Char-a'ina Epic Dark is a simple low-fantasy, historically based piece of armour protecting the front and back of the torso and abdomen, that has its origin in Persia, modern day Iran. Using four plates, one on the front, back and sides, the Char-a'ina held together by full grain straps that criss cross arcross your back and can be tightend and loosend between your sides.

The large blank areas on the Char-a'ina is perfect for those of you who wishes to add a personal ingraving to your armour, as this was also a historical tendency for those who wore it, during its heyday.

The Char-a'ina is was historically, used in conjunction with chain mails or chain shirts. Made of 1 mm thick mild steel and top-grain leather straps and fittings, this armour piece is built to withstand the abuse of a LARP or reenactment with regular leather and metal armour care.

HISTORY

• Char-a'ina translates as "four mirror", referring to the four plates that compose this type of armour.
• The historical examples that survive to today are usually those of noblemen, highly detailed and engraved with scenes of from the lives of those that wore them.
• Our version is an amalgemation of the different designs rather than one specific, in order to create a more general look.

The Khopesh (also vocalized khepesh) is an Egyptian sickle-sword that evolved from battle axes.

A typical khopesh is 50–60 cm in length, though smaller examples do also exist. The blunted edge of the weapon's tip also served as an effective bludgeon, as well as a hook. These weapons changed from bronze to iron in the New Kingdom period. The earliest known depiction of a khopesh is from the Stele of Vultures, depicting King Eannatum of Lagash wielding the weapon; this would date the khopesh to at least 2500 BC.

DO NOT DISAPPOINT THE PHARAOH

Epic Armoury’s Khopesh is a ancient egyptian inspired, 37 cm curved blade. It has no cross-guard, but does have a fine coreless pommel. The sharp organic features takes heavy inspiration from the Khopesh of Ancient Egypt. Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your LARP kit.

HISTORY

• Originally the khopesh were made of bronze but were later found in iron
• A khopesh were made to be a slashing and blunt weapon and due to it’s heavy nature it could be used for both.
• Curved is especially effective for slashing (instead of stabbing) in combat

Bigger, longer, and you will get cut...

THROUGH THE FOREST FLOOR YOU STRIKE

Epic Armoury’s Wild Elf Dagger has a lean, ever so slightly 31 cm curved blade. It has no cross-guard, but does have a fine coreless pommel. The sharp organic features make the Wild Elf Dagger perfect for a Wood Elven LARP character. The handle wrapped in durable split-leather accommodates a firm, comfortable grip while on the battlefield. Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your Elven-inspired kit.

HISTORY

• Elves were originally a creation of Germanic mythology and folklore
• Lean and elegant style of blade inspired by high-fantasy genre games such as Dungeons & Dragons and J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings series
• Curved design inspired by scimitars is especially effective for slashing (instead of stabbing) in combat

"The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn."

- Leon

WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE THE FINEST CUTS

Epic Armoury’s Hunting Knife has an pragmatic and imposing look to itself. With a blade length of 35 CM, it is a knife that based on skinning knives, with a pointed tip for penetrating skin or fur with a sharp single-sided edge. The simple and authentic design makes the Hunting dagger perfect as an extra piece of equipment to flehs out your Larp character and would go very well with a survivalist type character ala a Ranger. Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your human inspired LARP kit.

HISTORY

• Hunting knives have their design due to being focused on doing the minimal amount of damage when cutting into hide or fur
• Hunting knives are still very common and it is not unusual to see them at fisherman and hunters

"He with a short knife must try, try again."

~Vapnfirðinga Saga, c.7

This means keep stabbing the bastards until they go down.

IT ALWAYS PAYS TO HAVE A SPARE WEAPON

Epic Armoury’s Seax knife is a very utilitarian knife, with a flat single edged, 38 CM blade ending in a very sharp tip. It has no cross-guard, but does have a fine coreless pommel, that has a very form fitting hand grip that is very akin to modern kitchen knives. The, relatively, simple design of the Seax makes it a weapon that is perfect as secondary for any number of LARP characters, simple but effective without drawing much attention to itself. Incidentally, it also lets the Seax live up to its name, which is the old English word for knife. Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want.

HISTORY

• Heavily Inspired by knife and weapon designs from old anglo-saxon ideas and archeological findings
• Seax was a blanket term to describe knives, both as tools and weapons, from the early middle ages
• Typically seaxs were double bladed, but single bladed designs did exist and it would be some of the most common designs that would carry the designation Seax.

The street is a hard place to conduct business, but it’s a way of life you’ve become very good at keeping. Unfortunately, a poor ol’ sap hasn’t paid his dues. You’re an understanding sort, but you can’t risk looking soft. Not on the street.

So, you decide to give the ol’ sap a visit. Adjusting your Dagger Stabber and preparing your most intimidating look, you don’t expect this meeting to last very long. You’ll get your money today or the chap will be bleeding from the spleen. You’ll let him decide.

DETAILS

This bestselling Ready For Battle Dagger Stabber is a long dagger with a unique fuller carved along a slim blade and attached to a round cross-guard. The long handle is bound with split leather, improving the grip’s comfort and effectiveness. Designed to look menacing, this Dagger will go well with assassins and guards alike.

Whether you are a new player looking for a backup-weapon or just need to round off a costume with a non-offensive prop, this Ready-For-Battle Dagger Stabber is quality gear with great durability at a great price. Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your kit.

HISTORY

• Meant to be used as the final line of defense, but also as a utility tool
• Designed to be versatile, capable of slashing or thrusting effectively
• Fuller, or the carved ridge in the blade, was actually designed to decrease the blade’s weight without sacrificing structural stability

The Ready for Battle (RFB) range is a light-hitting range designed with children and light-touch LARPs in mind. 

It may not be suitable for medium-to-heavy hitting LARP games.

The Ready for Battle (RFB) range is a light-hitting range designed with children and light-touch LARPs in mind. 

It may not be suitable for medium-to-heavy hitting LARP games.

A rondel dagger was a type of stiff-bladed dagger in Europe in the late Middle Ages, used by a variety of people from merchants to knights. It was worn at the waist and might be used as a utility tool, or worn into battle or a jousting tournament as a side-arm for the purpose of piercing chainmail.

Your Knight’s Code is one of valor, truth, and courage. You are tasked with defending the innocent and the weak, and today your oath is being tested. A dark knight has destroyed both your shield and sword during a duel, and he advances upon you.

This honorless fiend believes he has won, but you will not allow yourself to perish without taking this evil with you in the process. You grab for your Rondel Dagger still at your waist, and prepare to make a final desperate attempt to lodge the blade between the dark knight’s armour.

Let your god guide your hand...for you have only one chance.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Rondel Dagger is a solid dagger with a comfortable split-leather wrapped handle. The crossguard and pommel are rounded, designed as a basic interpretation of a knight’s “rondel dagger.” When fighting enemies in heavy plate armour, daggers like this would have been worn by a knight and forced between the joints.

Made from durable closed cell foam around a fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your authentic kit. Whether your business is running the realm, defending your homestead or backstabbing the higher-social classes, this multi-purpose tool is for you.

HISTORY

• Used by a variety of people from merchants to knights
• Worn at the waist and used as both a utility tool and a side-arm in battle
• Historically designed for stabbing or cutting, while proving ineffective at slashing

You are a citizen of the Roman Empire, and a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman Army. You enlisted in your legion for twenty-five years of service, and you are both relieved and anxious to know you have only a few years left.

As you double-check your military-issued sword and Bollocks Dagger are securely in their holders, you feel prepared alongside your fellow soldiers to go into battle. You just hope that your training will continue to serve you well. At the very least, you have confidence in the sharpness of your weapon.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury's Bollocks Dagger is a two-edged dagger inspired by the versatile common folks’ knife of the Late Middle Ages. The 45 cm Bollocks Dagger has a narrow, 28 cm blade with a central ridge. The brass coloured oval crossguard with brown bollocks and brass pommel protect the 13 cm handle wrapped with black split leather.

Made from durable closed cell foam around a solid fibreglass core and finished with a strong latex coating, you can feel confident that your LARP weapon will provide the safety and appeal you want when crafting your battlefield kit.

HISTORY

• A popular style of sword in Scandinavia and Britain between the 13th and 18th centuries
• A predecessor to the Scottish dirk
• Named for the distinct shape of its hilt and resemblance to a man’s testes
• Also referred to as a kidney dagger, to avoid the sexual connotation