Contemporary Designs for Historical Sword Arts

Qara Blades & Arts™ offers unique sword designs as limited production to meet the needs of historical sword arts practitioners.

Our blades reflect an informed combination of historical sword properties and designs for an optimal experience of sword arts practice. We collaborate with select bladesmiths to realize our designs.

Current Products

  • Qara Arming Sword

    Designed by Qara Blades & Arts™, made by Join or Die Knives.

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  • Qara Messer

    Designed by Qara Blades & Arts™, made by Join or Die Knives.

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  • Pre-order Qara Longsword

    Designed by Qara Blades & Arts™, made by Winburn Steel. The pre-order period ends on June 1, 2025.

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Latest Blog Posts

Collaboration with Join or Die Knives

Watch Brent Stubblefield and Jack Bauer from Join or Die Knives discuss their collaboration with Qara Blades & Arts™.

Custom Orders Now Open

Qara Blades & Arts™ collaborates with Join or Die Knives for custom Qara Arming Sword and Qara Messer orders.

Qara Arming Sword Properties

Qara Blades & Arts™ designed Qara Arming Sword to optimize the cut & thrust capacities of an arming sword. Watch Qara Bey discuss the properties of Qara Arming Sword.

Meet the artisanal and sword arts community collaborating with Qara Blades & Arts™