The blacksmith brothers who suit up the pope's Swiss Guard
These highly skilled Austrian artisans are ever-so-carefully replacing the guard's 500-year-old armor





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Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.
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