For as long as I remember I have loved the A726 Rondel dagger in the Wallace Collection. It is a beautiful and iconic dagger and an absolute favourite of mine. Luckily I got to handle and measure the dagger and luckily I have the skills to make one - so I did. In this film you get to see every step of the manufacture.
This is the first of three films, and in the second I take this dagger to the Wallace Collection and compare it with the original with Dr Toby Capwell and in the third I hand this dagger over to Matt Easton who mercilessly attacks fabric, mail and plate armour samples to see how easy or hard they are to defeat.
You can find budget reproductions of this dagger here https://todcutler.com/collections/medieval-daggers-and-large-knives/products/wallace-rondel-dagger-tc101
The full range of Tod Cutler weapons here https://todcutler.com/collections
Custom pieces like the dagger made here can be found on these pages https://todsworkshop.com or a Tods Workshop version here https://todsworkshop.com/collections/historical-daggers/products/wallace-rondel-mid-15thc
Leather work by Lisa Ellett
Music by J.Sayles
http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm