What is a partisan?

Today we take a look at an original early 16th century partisan, a type of elite pole-arm from the late medieval and Renaissance period. Dr. Nathan Clough explains what characteristics these weapons had, how they were used, and some of the wide variations in how they were designed and constructed. We also take a look at a custom partisan that we have recently completed and compare it to the original antique. Arms and Armor Inc. is one of the world's most famous makers of historically accurate European weapons from the past millennium. Our small team of artisans hand craft all of our products at our shop in Minneapolis, MN. USA. Our hand-made products are designed and built to look, feel, and function just like the historical originals on which they are based. Check out our webpage here: https://www.arms-n-armor.com And our pole-arms here: https://www.arms-n-armor.com/collecti... Nathan Clough, Ph.D. is Vice President of Arms and Armor and a member of the governing board of The Oakeshott Institute. He is a historical martial artist and a former university professor of cultural geography. He has given presentations on historical arms at events including Longpoint and Combatcon, and presented scholarly papers at, among others, The International Congress on Medieval Studies. Craig Johnson is the Production Manager of Arms and Armor and Secretary of The Oakeshott Institute. He has taught and published on the history of arms, armor and western martial arts for over 30 years. He has lectured at several schools and Universities, WMAW, HEMAC, 4W, and ICMS at Kalamazoo. His experiences include iron smelting, jousting, theatrical combat instruction and choreography, historical research, European martial arts and crafting weapons and armor since 1985.