I'm Matt Easton and I'm probably most known as a YouTuber, running the Schola Gladiatoria channel, having over 430K subscribers and getting up to 2 million views every month.

I started out as a medieval history and archaeology student at UCL, graduating in 2000, and during that time started training HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) alongside specialising in the archaeology of arms and armour. That led me down the rabbit hole of starting my own HEMA club, over 20 years of historical research and running numerous events, including the biggest annual UK HEMA event, called FightCamp.

During the same period I also became an extensive collector of antique weapons, which in the last few years led me into becoming the Director of Easton Antique Arms and working for a time as Head of Arms & Armour at a London auction house. I also consult for other dealers and auction houses.

I have consulted for various TV, movie and stage productions, including training fighters for a BBC show, appearing repeatedly on 'Ancient Assassins', on 'Expedition Unknown', and various other TV projects. I have also consulted museums and heritage projects. 

I also now spend a lot of time on product development with various companies, most famously the certified Royal Armouries replicas.

For several years I have also consulted various parties on the legal issues around edged weapons, including police forces, lawyers and the Home Office. I am a former Civil Servant (17 years in the Lord Chancellor's Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Home Office and Department for International Development).