MASON - History is still in the making as four Mason graduates produce historical armor.

Casey Fiedler says he often tells people that Project Armory specializes in historical and fantasy armor and equipment.

"Which is the best way that we can some it up because people frequently approach us with costuming options, cosplay options, armament for reenactment, so we kind of are all over the board," he says.

He cites Project Armory blacksmiths Neal and Justin Popa for their mission statement. That is to be able to be approached with a project, dream, or goal and be able to say "Yes, and mean it", no matter what it is.

"Whether it is a piece of furniture, or a small building, or they want tools, or they want clothing, or they want anything. Anything you can think of, " Justin Popa extrapolated. "we wanna be able to do those things."

Khris Robson stated his belief that Project Armory can produce products at higher quality than what is frequently found at renaissance festivals, and that they can produce it at a comparable price.

"Not only do we make stuff for costuming, but most of our stuff probably can be used for what it was meant for," Robson said.

Fielder stated that one of their favorite things is to be approached to produce gear or a costume from a video, movie, or TV show. This is because of the challenge of rendering something fictitious into reality.

"How do we make a video game piece actually function in the real world?" he said.

Robson cites a trip to a renaissance festival as the moment they knew they wanted to make historical item for a living.

"You know, we did," said Fiedler. "We just went out, we did it, we found an anvil, we made the forge, we hit on hot metal until it did something cool, and we kind of inadvertently got good at the whole thing."

Justin Popa states that as much as he enjoys metalworking, working with his friends is his favorite thing.