Tanned pork leather. What it loses in natural strength it makes up for in durability and distinctive softness. That’s why tailors use it for lining, for finer cases and for book covers. That’s the only way it won’t tear.

A well tanned deer skin. Fine and highly prized leather, used for higher quality products and a wealthier clientele.

The tanned cowhide is the most common material for all shoemakers and saddlers. Cowhide is used to make good boots, belts, straps, bags and even large saddles. Work with it wisely so that not a single piece goes to waste!

A dirty and worn-out grosch that someone hid for luck in the foundations of the building.

A cross guard, also known as quillon. It serves to protect the swordsman’s hands from the opponent’s blade. It can also be used to execute a grappling hold or strike to an unprotected face. In sword making, it is put on the blade’s tail before the hilt is made and the pommel is put on. In cheap weapons made by poor blacksmiths, it will loosen over time and begin to clink unpleasantly.

The end of the hilt of the sword. It is struck against an iron tang, which is then hammered and the pommel is thus fixed. It serves mainly to balance the whole weapon and as a counterweight to the long blade. In swordfighting, it prevents the weapon from slipping out of the hand, but it can also be used to grip and extend the hilt of the sword. Some swordfighting techniques use the pommel to deliver crushing blows to the opponent’s face.

Steel is an alloy of iron, carbon and other elements, and is the main raw material for the manufacture of weapons and armour. It is valued for its hardness and durability, but it is also very flexible, a quality that a good blacksmith must know how to work with.

Finding a horseshoe on the ground is said to be a very lucky sign. Especially if I’ve lost it myself before.

Toledo was already a city of blacksmiths and sword makers in the days of the ancient Holy Roman Empire. But the secrets of the local craft have been closely guarded by the local guilds for centuries. Toledo’s steel is considered to be some of the finest that can be found.

A mixture of nails, rivets and wires. Everything a good blacksmith needs to hold his work together.

The end of the hilt of the sword. It is struck against an iron tang, which is then hammered and the pommel is thus fixed. It serves mainly to balance the whole weapon and as a counterweight to the long blade. In swordfighting, it prevents the weapon from slipping out of the hand, but it can also be used to grip and extend the hilt of the sword. Some swordfighting techniques use the pommel to deliver crushing blows to the opponent’s face.

Steel is an alloy of iron, carbon and other elements, and is the main material for the manufacture of weapons and armour. It is valued for its hardness and durability, but it is also very flexible, a quality that a good blacksmith must know how to work with.

The memory of a great victory.

Won’t wake the dead, but acts as a memento of one.

A cross guard, also known as quillon. It serves to protect the swordsman’s hands from the opponent’s blade. It can also be used to execute a grappling hold or strike to an unprotected face. In sword making, it is put on the blade’s tail before the hilt is made and the pommel is put on. In cheap weapons made by poor blacksmiths, it will loosen over time and begin to clink unpleasantly.

Ebony, Zebrano, Rosewood and other exotic woods have been valued since ancient times for their extraordinary hardness and beautiful colour palette. It is used to make fancy furniture, weapons or chess pieces.

An old broken sword made of otherwise fine Damascene steel.

In ancient times, copper was a very rare metal for making jewellery and weapons. Today it is mainly used for the production of tinware and for the smelting of other metals.

The end of the hilt of the sword. It is struck against an iron tang, which is then hammered and the pommel is thus fixed. It serves mainly to balance the whole weapon and as a counterweight to the long blade. In swordfighting, it prevents the weapon from slipping out of the hand, but it can also be used to grip and extend the hilt of the sword. Some swordfighting techniques use the pommel to deliver crushing blows to the opponent’s face.

Good quality malleable iron. The iron is soft, but nicely homogenous, so it can be used well for most blacksmithing products.

Malleable iron of questionable quality. It is a mixture of various scrap and waste iron. But as every blacksmith knows, no iron can go to waste.

It must have been a beautiful weapon once, but years underground have left an indelible mark on it.

The end of the hilt of the sword. It is struck against an iron tang, which is then hammered and the pommel is thus fixed. It serves mainly to balance the whole weapon and as a counterweight to the long blade. In swordfighting, it prevents the weapon from slipping out of the hand, but it can also be used to grip and extend the hilt of the sword. Some swordfighting techniques use the pommel to deliver crushing blows to the opponent’s face.

A cross guard, also known as quillon. It serves to protect the swordsman’s hands from the opponent’s blade. It can also be used to execute a grappling hold or strike to an unprotected face. In sword making, it is put on the blade’s tail before the hilt is made and the pommel is put on. In cheap weapons made by poor blacksmiths, it will loosen over time and begin to clink unpleasantly.

The famous symbol of the Kuttenberg swordfighting hall is in two pieces due to disputes between Menhart and Jimram.

A cross guard, also known as quillon. It serves to protect the swordsman’s hands from the opponent’s blade. It can also be used to execute a grappling hold or strike to an unprotected face. In sword making, it is put on the blade’s tail before the hilt is made and the pommel is put on. In cheap weapons made by poor blacksmiths, it will loosen over time and begin to clink unpleasantly.

A nail brought back by workers as a souvenir from the renovation of the Sedletz monastery.

Throw into the cold water three coals of fire, three crumbs of bread and three pinches of salt. Wash thy forehead and thy shoulder with the water, that thou mayest wash away the evil from thee, and put it upon the water.