Jozsef Jardan Gunsmith and Metalwork Master

I was born in 1944 in Borsodnadasd, Norh-East Hungary.

My life was greatly determined by my father’s engine-fitter workshop, by the beautiful, hard, but multi-faceted work made there. I graduated at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the Miskolc Technical University in 1967. After graduation I worked as a design engineer in Budapest, later in the Sheet-Metal Works of Borsodnadasd.

My compulsive affection for the ancient arms, especially the swords, has led to the fact that in the last 25 years I have mostly been dealing with the production of them. During the years I systematically accumulated both theoretical and practical knowledge, thus by today I am able to reproduce authentically any type of ancient arms. The results of my activity have been presented in a number of exhibitions for the public.

Beside swords, individual requirements can also be fulfilled preparing special metal works.

Professional Awards, Prizes 1992. “IPOSZ” Special Award 1999. “Golden Spontoon” Prize, assigned by the Hungarian Museum of Applied Arts 2000. Challenge Cup of the Association for the Hungarian Craftsmen