- @[email protected] - Author of [Book and Sword blog](https://www.bookandsword.com/). - Author of Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire: the first book on Achaemenid armies since 1992, and the first written by someone who can read any ancient Near Eastern language. - Expert and experienced swordfighter and reenactor, mostly from the reconstructing historical texts perspective rather than the jock "likes to fight" perspective. - Friends with Miles Cameron — who wrote the [[Review of the Traitor Son Cycle by Miles Cameron|Traitor Son Cycle]] ## Articles - - here's a [useful guide for how to make wooden shields, including out of what woods](https://www.bookandsword.com/2022/05/07/what-woods-were-used-for-shields-in-iron-age-europe/)