page updated / information current 09/01/10

news 09/01/10: daily updates this week - Riveted maille mitten swatches (added 09/01), Scottish dirk - early style (fresh pictures 08/31), Tinker Pearce Great Sword of War (featured item 08/30), Military dadao (added 08/29).

news 08/28/10: daily updates this past week - Munich dagger (on closeout, last call! 08/28), Cobra Steel kopis (fresh pictures 08/27), French M1830 cavalry saber (fresh pictures 08/26), Colichemarde dagger (added 08/25), Svord peasant knife (featured item 08/24), British M1879 saw-back bayonet (last call! 08/23), Vietnamese mak (featured item 08/22).

news 08/21/10: daily updates this past week - Colichemarde sword (fresh pictures 08/21), Flat-sided sgian dubh (featured item 08/20), Spanish bilbo sword (listed on closeout, last call 08/19).

Please see the News Updates page for older announcements.

There are some very good decorative/dress/costume swords and daggers and other weapons starting to come into production for collectors and reenactors, as well as a plethora of horribly awful fantasy items promoted by some websites as "historic". I've started adding listings of the very good - I won't be adding the horribly awful. If I tell you that a sword or knife is based on an historic design, you can be sure that it really is based on an historic design. You'll never see a "genuine Scottish dragon-hilted katana!" on *my* website.

Also included in this section are other nifty miscellaneous items, as well as swords and knives with stainless steel blades - despite the "battle-ready" claims of some manufacturers, stainless steel does not make good swords or fighting knives, it is too brittle.

Roman gladius $60	Maille coif with vertical ventail $70	Maille coif with horizontal ventail $70	Assam Rifles regimental kukri $45
Kukri machete $25	Saxe machete closeout $25	Barong machete closeout $25	Panga machete $25
Flamberge zweihander (stainless steel) $70	Main gauche (stainless steel) $30	Flat-sided sgian dubh $25	Flamberge zweihander 2 (stainless steel) $70
Giant kukri $95	Japanese naginata (stainless steel) $55	Zulu 'iklwa' war spear $60	Africanized walking stick $40
Ryumon damascus tanto $70	Buffalo rib obsidian dagger $60	Deer antler obsidian dagger $60	Native American ball-head war club $60
Gothic bastard umbrella $40	Samurai umbrella $40	Viking umbrella $40	Grand Scimitar Dance sword $135
Cobra Steel kindjal $55	Cobra Steel falcata $55	Cobra Steel kopis $55	Cobra Steel Spartan xiphos $55

As a professional arms dealer and all-around westernmartialarts-filmandstagecombat-medievalandrenaissancereenactment aficionado, I run across a lot of samples and singular things that I decide (for one reason or another) isn't going to become a regular for-sale item on my website. I used to just toss these things up on eBay for people to see and buy, but let's face it, eBay has really been sucking lately, now that they've changed format from giant garage sale to overstock sales barn. Most of the items listed in this section of TherionArms will be one-of-a-kind for-sale things.

Kettle helm - special order $190	14th century gambeson sold	Practical Tai Chi jian 30 inch blade no scabbard $85	Riveted maille mitten swatches $55
Single edged sail guard main gauche $75	Calf boots sizes 7/8 $50	.75 caliber black powder handgonne sold	Kendo helmet (men) $80
Viking spectacle helmet sold	'Practical' series Austrian longsword (flexy) sold	Chinese dadao (stainless steel) sold

Indonesian mata tombak spear poster #1 $9.95 and up

Indonesian mata tombak spear poster #2 $9.95 and up

Ethiopian military spear poster $9.95 and up

Indian pata sword gauntlet poster $9.95 and up

Howdy, folks. My name is Hal Siegel, but I've been known as Therion in the medieval and renaissance re-enactment community and various internet communities since 1982 (yes, I really did have internet access back then - via Arpanet and Bitnet).

For close to thirty years I've been an arms and armor collector, researcher, and student of both oriental and western martial arts. At the beginning of 2001 I decided that it was time to make my hobbies and passions into my business - thus began TherionArms, offering a hand-picked selection of what I think are the most interesting and well-made historical reproductions, as well as antique weaponry from around the world.

Here at TherionArms, you will receive personal service from a professional who as been studying (and using!) weapons and armor for decades, not some shop monkey in a warehouse who doesn't know anything about swords and armor except for the stock number. Every item I ship I personally inspect, approve, and securely package myself.

Standard delivery time for Antique & Ethnographic items is usually about one week, for Reproduction items it's usually two to three weeks unless otherwise noted on the catalog page. Occasionally my Reproduction manufacturers can't keep up with the demand and I'll have to place your request on backorder. For items on backorder, your Verisign Visa/Mastercard purchase will not be charged until shipment is nigh.

Payment methods: Credit cards accepted via PayPal or Verisign Visa/Mastercard through the shopping cart, or by phone: (512) 247-3578 (leave message). Personal checks, bank checks, and money orders can be mailed to TherionArms -- PO Box 187 -- Del Valle, TX, 78617. Gift certificates are available through PayPal - email if you wish to send a different amount other than the standard denominations.

The shopping cart system can be used to check shipping rates for check or money order purchases - the payment page comes after the shipping information page.

The Government requires that I collect a sales tax of 8.25% for any item shipped to a Texas address. The shopping cart or PayPal will include that for you automatically, podnuh.

This isn't just a business, it's a passion, and I'm confident that you'll be happy with my products. Please check my eBay feedback (830+!) or ask on any sword or armor forum message board for references. Satisfaction guaranteed or return within two weeks in original condition for full refund less exact shipping charges. I don't believe in "restocking fees", they're mean and impersonal.

A purchase indicates that you have read and agree to The Fine Print detailed at the bottom of the Ordering page.

TherionArms isn't a giant mega-corporation with a call center and dozens of employees scuttling about in a huge warehouse (yet). Emails and phone calls will be answered as soon as possible, but please be patient if I don't get back to you right away - there's so much work to be done!

All shipments from TherionArms may contain trace amounts of cat fur. Sorry, can't help it.

(RIP Missy 05/19/2010, but we still have ten other kittys
who are happy to donate loose fur to your shipment.)

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