![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks in part to Reinhardt's access to the Tower of London Armories, facilitated by his friendship with Ewart Oakeshott, the Armories' head curator, the firm was able to produce quality replicas, many made and tested by Reinhardt himself. Back in America he held a number of jobs before joining in the 1980s with Bill Adams, president of Atlanta Cutlery, to establish Museum Replicas Ltd, a mail order firm specializing in recreations of medieval weaponry and armor. Interested in knives and swords from an early age, Reinhardt furthered his education in arms during his Army service and through visits to various European museums. He was survived by his second wife, daughters Dana and Cathy, and two grandchildren. ![]() He died in Athens, Georgia at the age of seventy-three of a staph infection contracted in the wake of heart bypass surgery. He was married twice, first to Janet, who predeceased him and with whom he had two daughters, and second to Toni Weisskopf. He later lived for many years in Alabama. Reinhardt was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the husband of editor Toni Weisskopf, formerly married to publisher Jim Baen, whom she succeeded as publisher of Baen Books. He wrote as Hank Reinhardt, the nickname by which he was widely known. Julius Henry ("Hank") Reinhardt (Janu– October 30, 2007) was an American author, editor, science fiction fan, and noted armorer and authority on medieval weaponry. ![]()
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