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Glasgow Blacksmithing

October 27, 2019 7:29 pm

As part of her quest to learn as many medieval skills as possible, Jennie visited Bear and Thistle Forge in... View Article

March 30, 2019 4:23 pm

Surface+ Cafe shut its doors last week. We’re very sad to say goodbye to the sandwiches, the coffee and the... View Article

January 27, 2019 4:51 pm

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

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