News

Monday 5th, January 2009
The last forum was closed due to technical problems, but we are happy to announce a new and improved version! click  Forums.

Tuesday 16th, December 2008
Damascus Leaf Blade,for more photos please go to the Forums.

Tuesday 12th, February 2008
As of today this web site comes under new management and we hope to update all of the product pages and pricing, there is also a new business address for Castle Keep on the contact page. We are in the process of building a new web site, please visit the FORUMS in order to access the latest news and current projects. Forums.

Sunday 18th, February 2007
Some pictures of a recent project just completed, a chronological line of Celtic swords from the Bronze Age to Culloden. For more details and pictures please visit the Forums.

Sunday 17th, September 2006
Here we are nearly 2 months since the last update, The forums are rolling along great with over 50 users and just under 650 posts! We still urge anyone that's not yet a member to join us and help our great community grow.

We also have a little surprise for everyone, the Balquhidder Basket Hilt Broadsword we were showing off back in June is now listed on the Products page and available for order!

One last update for the day, the Knight Sword and Claymore page have had there pictures updated.

Tuesday 18th, July 2006
The original plan was to get the forums just right before we announced they were back online but a few of the members have found their way to them already! We don't want them to be the only ones there so i encourage all of you to join us on our new forums! Either use the menu button or click here to be taken to the forums.

We are still at a great loss as the database we had relied on was corrupted and we could not restore the original forums, this is why we have now changed to a new forum style that is much more secure and hopefully easier for you all to use.

The forum colour scheme will have slight changes on a daily basis until we can change the default blue colours to a green/yellow so it fits in with the rest of the site.

Sunday 4th, June 2006
To kick off the first update in over a month i would like to start by showing off a great new sword design

Balquhidder Basket Hilt Broadsword - This basket hilt sword is based on that owned by James stewart of Balquhidder. Working from museum photographs i have managed to recreate this to a customers request.

What better time to welcome 2 new affiliate sites!

Real Sgian Dubh - Sgian dubhs are our passion

Skye Knives - Family run business with over 50 years of experience!

Some more great news, i emailed a forum moderator and he has a backup of the forum so hopefully that should be back online in the next week or even earlier!

Tuesday 25th, April 2006
Still working on the forums - the only problem is we have lost communication with our host that looks after our forums...

But some good news, we have had over 11,000 unique visitors since the new look of the web site back in late February. To celebrate here are some more great pictures for you all to enjoy!

Petersen Type V sword with inlaid silver wires on pommel and guard, burrwood and ivory micarta carved grip:

Don't forget all the images on this page cant be enlarged just by clicking on them.

Monday 17th, April 2006
Still working on getting the forums back up, we had them online and fixed but not linked up as we hadn't corrected the issue that allowed them to be hacked in the first place. As expected they were hacked a second time before we were able to act but i have been told we have a recent database backup safe.

In the mean time some new great new swords for everyone to look at!

Damascus Bowie with brass furniture,including an antique style sheath and burrwood handle:

New Irish style Viking Sword that i have just completed, broad 2 1/2" blade with steel fittings:

Damascus Leaf Blade sword with carved dragon fittings and cocobolo grip:

Sunday 9th, April 2006
A welcome to our 3 new affiliate sites!

EuroHeritage - European Heritage Alliance Community

R S Knives - Modern and Custom Knives and Swords

Ragged Staff - Living History and Re-enactment Supplies

Sunday 26th, March 2006
News archive containing old news from the original CastleKeep site is now online. A link to it is on the menu found at the top of every page or at the bottom of this news page.

Also a quick reminder that the forum is online and it would be great to see a few of the readers participating on them.

Wednesday 11th, March 2006
Sworld prices are now online! News archive coming soon.

Wednesday 1st, March 2006
Forums are now accessible from the menu. We have had some trouble trying to get them moved over to our new host so for the time being were just linking to them on our old site.

Thursday 23rd, February 2006
Added a newspaper article written by Andrew Spooner to the bottom of the "About Me" page. Click Here to view or simply use the menu to navigate there.

Tuesday 21st, February 2006
welcome to the new Castle Keep website, there are a few bits and pieces still to finish up here so please be patient whilst the site is built around you, for news and updates check this page until the forum is online.

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