Armis Smith LARP Craft

26/05/2026

Finished a few commissions ☺️ a lot of laser etching and luminescent pigment in these ones.

11/05/2026

Hello,
I hope everyone that attended Curious Pastimes Event 1 had a great event and got home safely. It was great to see both new and familiar faces.
Having caught up on some gardening work last week, I am back to working on commissions this week, and will soon be adding the new hafted weapons to my website to be available for commission. Starting with the english cavalry hammer as the other prototypes need a little tweaking.

I have also added to the sale page of my website constructed swords that I have available to buy. Please contact me via messenger or email if wanting to purchase and I can arrange delivery.
https://armissmith.wordpress.com/sale/

CuPa E1 was the only event I had planned to attend this year due to decorating at home which will make it too difficult to produce stock to attend events, however, I will still be available for commissions, and will still be posting any new developments.

I hope everyone has a great LARP season :)

Completed Items Available for Sale This section contains weapons I have put together to take to events to sell, and will be displaying unsold items here between events that will be available to buy…

30/04/2026

Pretty much all set up at Curious Pastimes E1. It’s a lovely sunny day and I very much appreciate the tree cover at this site.
Safe travels to everyone ☺️

25/04/2026

Final mace prototype finished in time for CuPa E1 next week ☺️

Studded Morning Star on an octagonal flared haft.

It would be great to be able to do a spikier version, however, I need to discuss this with weapon checkers to establish what would be safe/feasible. This mace head, like my other prototypes, is very soft and squishy and the same would be said of a spikier version, to a point where the spikes are as soft as a ‘stab safe’ weapon, so hopefully it will be a possibility.

Anyways, safe travels to everyone going to events, and let’s hope for this glorious sunshine next week.

22/04/2026

Final batch of weapons finished ahead of CuPa E1 next week ☺️
Also have the final mace prototype in the works which should be ready in a few days.

Looking forward to seeing both new and familiar faces next week 😄

18/04/2026

Finished another prototype mace ☺️ a Pyramidal Mace with a Flared Octagonal Haft.

I’m hoping to have a prototype of the studded morning star mace done between now and CuPa e1 as well ☺️

13/04/2026

Another batch of swords finished ☺️ one more batch to come, plus another prototype mace.

04/04/2026

Confirmed for trading at CuPa E1 ☺️ here are a couple of photos of swords I will have with me that I have been working on.
There was a 2 month delay on my blade foam so I won’t have quite as much with me as usual, but focusing on making swords at the moment.
I hope everyone is having a lovely bank holiday weekend.

21/03/2026

First prototype flanged mace finished ☺️

Like with the prototype bearded axe, I will further refine the design after getting the construction methods checked, as this one feels a little top heavy like the axe. This specific flanged mace head would probably feel better on either a shorter haft, or a longer two handed length haft. All things to work out in the near future.

08/03/2026

Finished some new designs for the first prototype mace. Three mace head designs and two haft designs (which would also be compatible with the hammer heads). A Pyramidal mace head, a Studded Morning Star mace head, and a German Flanged mace head, along with a Spiral Hilted Haft and an Flared Octagonal haft.

My plan is to make the mace heads with a really soft foam mix to make them really spongy and have a similar construction to the hammers.

Thinking about making the flanged mace head with the spiral hilted haft for the first prototype :)

27/02/2026

Finished the first prototype English Cavalry Hammer ☺️ very pleased with how it turned out.

The hammer is just shy of 70cm long in total, with the haft being 65cm long, 4cm wide and 3.4cm thick. Although the haft is a non striking surface, there is enough padding around the core on the haft for it to be coincidered a striking edge. This was to make sure that if the hammer head missed its target, the haft would be nice and squishy too. The haft does have a firmer foam at the gripping point to make it easier to wield, and could have a leather wrap on it if desired.
The hammer head is made with a very soft mix of the foam and is very squishy, to the point that the beak on the rear (the spike) would be considered stab safe. The top cap (like with my axe) is separate and could potentially have the option of putting a top stab safe spike on it as a customisable component of the hammer, but will need to discuss that with some weapon checkers.

I will probably rework/refine the prototype bearded axe slightly after getting it checked and save that particular design for a two handed axe haft and design something better for use with a single handed haft, as this hammer is much nicer to wield one handed and I want to achieve similar with the axes.

Anyways, a prototype mace is next ☺️