Valkyrie Forge has five products currently for sale to enhance your SCA fighting experience; Baldar Blunts, APDs, cuphilts, shield bosses and shield handles.

Please contact us at sales@houseasgard.com with any questions. Any orders place from outside the continental US will have additional shipping charges

What is a Baldar Blunt?

Baldar Blunts are molded plastic and rubber attachments that fit on the tip of an arrow. They prevent injury to persons, and therefore allow for safe and effective combat archery (CA) within the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).

What colors and sizes do Baldar Blunts come in?

Currently, only the old style Baldar Blunts are available. They come in black only. The blunts fit ¼inch fiberglass shafts.

How much do Baldar Blunts cost? What about shipping prices?

Baldar Blunts are fully guaranteed for one year following purchase.

What is an Asgard APD?

The fiat requiring anti-penetration devices on all shafted arrows and bolts in the SCA was a blow to serious combat archery (CA). Thousands of projectiles require refurbishment, and it’s put a real burden on the combat archer, in terms of time, expense, and accuracy. We think we’ve managed to minimize all three.

The Asgard APD is a one-piece, injection-molded fitting that acts as APD, fletching, and nock. Based on a Siloflex design, we expect this to be the standard APD in combat archery. Long arrow-workshops are a thing of the past, as are constant upkeep and re-taping. In being identical, you can approach the consistency of your field arrows. (Which is not to say they’ll make your CA as accurate as your target set, but we were surprised at the amount of accuracy we were able to maintain; in fact, in some of our testing with crossbows, they showed a slight edge in both accuracy and range over some standard fletchings using the same shafts and blunts!)

The new Tessa model has a thicker cross-section than previous models, allowing us to return to the open cylinder in the APD – most archers have been utilizing the opening for their thumb in a modified-primitive release. The nock is slanted so that the APD rides a little high in a right-hand release, allowing it to better clear the shelf of the bow. For crossbows, the nock is easy to remove and file flat. At this time, Asgard APDs are only configured for ¼” fiberglass shafts – do not attempt to shave wood shafts down to fit them!

We believe that the blunt/fiberglass shaft/APD combination will remain the state of the art in CA for years to come, and think these APDs will become an indispensable part of that; if your kingdom allows shafted CA, you may have found your final configuration.

How much do Asgard APDs cost? What about shipping prices?

What is a Baldar cuphilt?
14 out of 20 Gulf Wars 13 champions used Baldar cuphilts!

These are also called "plastic cuphilts" or "rubber cup hilts". These cup hilts are designed specifically for SCA heavy combat, made of a high-density, high-durometer, injection-molded Sanoprene material. They have a slight amount of flexion that significantly absorbs shock normally transferred to the hand when blocking a blow with the hilt, and can withstand repeated blows with a sledgehammer, even when laid keel-up on a concrete surface. They're lighter than bar hilts and almost all sheet-metal hilts, never dent like the latter or break welds like the former, and are probably going to be as ubiquitous as the Baldar Blunt is in (shafted arrow) combat archery.

Like all conventional cuphilts, your marshal will probably require you to wear at least back-of-the-hand protection while using these; check with your local marshallate.

In appearance, they're an unobtrusive dull black, and on close inspection look like machined UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight polyethylene). The overall shape is reminiscent of a Schiavona Hilt, though of course they're one-piece with no piercings or openwork. Three keels, a reinforced throat plate, and a flanged rim add greatly to protection without sacrificing light weight, and thick tabs fore and aft allow attachment to the weapon with hose clamps or multiple wraps of strapping tape. The two-tab construction also leaves the pommel clear for attachment of a pommel weight, and coupled with the lightness of the hilt itself, allows you to fine-tune the balance of your weapon. Unlike any other non-metal cup hilt we've heard of, these are neither assembled from chunks of plastic nor made from something else; they're specifically designed and manufactured for SCA combat, with thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours invested in design, mold costs, and prototype runs. If you haven't seen one, you haven't seen anything like it; if you've never used one, you probably haven't found the last hilt type you'll ever use.

How much do Asgard cuphilts cost? What about shipping prices?

Shipping for cuphilts is $10.00 for orders up to 10, for orders over 10 please contact us. Asgard cuphilts are fully guaranteed for one year following purchase.

What is a Shield boss?

Our shield bosses are a practical, lightweight, attractive and consistant alternative to handmade bosses whcih are often less than perfect. They feature a black textured surface made to resemble hammered, blackened iron. They are nice and deep for safety and to fit a variety of hand sizes. They are made of black high durometer santoprene, nearly indestructable. Use your own handle or use our made-to-fit perfectly black handle.

What is a Shield handle?

Our handles are lightweight, durable, and have a textured surface for a sure grip. The diameter is somewhat large, for better control, but if a smaller handle is preferred it can be easily shaved down. This handle is designed to be inset, so the balance point of the shield is closer to the wrist, providing better control and reduced fatigue.

What colors and sizes do Shield bosses and handles come in?

They come in black only.

How much do Shield bosses and handles cost? What about shipping prices?

   How do I order with a check or money order?

Please be sure to specify the type, quantity, as well as the name and address of the receiver. To order send a check or money order to Alex Cooley (Duke Baldar) at:

17616 Woodfield Hill Ct.
Orlando, Fl
32820

You may also email us with any further questions at:



or call 407-568-8189 (no calls after 9:30 pm EST please)

   How do I order with a debit or credit card?

We are now accepting PayPal. In order to use PayPal, you must have an account with them. It is free to set up a PayPal account using a debit or credit card. Click on this PayPal link to be taken to their site for more information.

PayPal orders are sent to acooley1@cfl.rr.com

Please note that all shipping prices are for the continental US only; orders sent to Alaska, Hawaii or overseas will have additional shipping charges.