Descendant Leather’s Weapon Trainers are made to be used in full contact Historical European Martial Arts. The material used for the heads (striking surface) is flexible but has enough structure for manipulation techniques. The handles are cut from raw hardwood from a local lumber mill, generally, oak but rare woods can be available for custom orders.
Not only can they be used with our other polearms, but last just as long against blunted steel swords and even shields. Though most of our trainers are made for “unarmored” sparring, we can make the same trainers specifically for harnessfechten.
Ben (verified owner) –
This is one of the best designs here. The head is short enough so that it does not become floppy and hooks very well.
Adam (verified owner) –
The axe works wonderfully and is a ton of fun to fight with. I’ve only used it against synthetic swords and shields thus far and it has held up well. It is more than safe in the thrust and cut.
Jordan McNew –
Very good feel and a fairly durable head. Unfortunately, the haft only lasted me 3 months of irregular sparring before it suffered a serious crack. The haft I received was overall too weak for combat against synthetic swords.