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Kirsty and Debs try longsword

February 4, 2019 7:01 pm

Kirsty and Debs joined us on Sunday to have a try of a longsword class. We ran through a variety... View Article

January 27, 2019 4:51 pm

Martin, Dmitry, Andrew and Jennie modelling the new GHFS hoodies and t-shirts.

January 11, 2019 3:41 pm

It was Martin’s 50th birthday this week and some of the group came along for the celebrations and to enjoy... View Article

December 24, 2018 11:52 pm

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes everyone from the members of the Glasgow Historical Fencing Society.... View Article

Glasgow HEMA Longsword and Basket Hilt tournament
In Events
Last weekend, Vytas represented us at the Glasgow HEMA open tournament in both longsword and sabre/basket-hilt categories, where he narrowly missed out on a medal, placing 4th below much more experienced competitors. Congratulations to the winners and a big shout out to Chris and the Glasgow Sword Breakers, and Ben and Saorsa: Scottish Swordsmanship for their friendship and support.Read More
Back again!
In Updates
Now that we’re in Level 2 we can meet outdoors for contact training. So we’re back at the farm and having a lot of fun reminding ourselves of all the stuff we love about training historical fencing. We’ve started with longswords – German longsword is the backbone of our club and a great place to re-start after a break. A couple of the guys have got new messers so there Read More
The Art of Balefire Blades
In Updates
Over lockdown, we took delivery of a beautiful new coffee-table-style sword book from Balefire Blades. If you are familiar with their online presence, you will know that their custom swords come with beautiful stories designed to evoke the history and background of their design. It might seem like a non-functional addition to your sword order, but everybody who loves swords knows there’s more to Read More