Tony Swatton read Robert E. Howard’s swords & sorcery stories as a kid and wanted his own sword, so he learned how to make a knife. Then he went to a Renaissance fair and watched the armorer — so he could go home, replicate the equipment, and forge his own suit of armor. Now he’s Hollywood’s favorite blacksmith:
His business is called The Sword and the Stone, and he has his own Man At Arms YouTube Channel.