MacDonald Armouries, Montgomery Street

I have always wondered about these armouries in Montgomery Street, just round the corner from work.

Sword cutler and master-at-arms Maestro Paul Macdonald has been making high-quality reproductions of historical weapons for reenactors, historical fencers, and collectors. As one of Europe's leading researchers and teachers of traditional martial arts, Maestro Macdonald is in a unique position to understand and recreate the tools that professional warriors staked their lives on.

Weapons from Macdonald Armouries are not toys or decorative wall-hangers, but rather well-balanced, sturdy, and elegantly functional reproduction weapons. While a sword can only be as effective as the hand that wields it, these pieces are worthy instruments with which to express the art of fencing.