Gear and Supplier Recommendations

 
 
 
 

This is a non exhaustive list of gear suppliers and equipment. We shall list first the required items for free fencing both with boffers, and for nylon/steel. Requirements for Rapier class may be a little different and please refer to Dori and David Coblentz for those.

Gear for Free Fencing

Boffers

Required

  • Mask

  • Gloves

  • Cup (for males)

  • Gorget

Recommended 

  • Back of Head

  • Chest Protector

  • Cup (for females)

Steel/Nylon

Required

  • Mask

  • Heavy Gloves

  • Gorget

  • Back of Head protector

  • HEMA Jacket

  • Chest Protector (if wearing lighter jacket such as AP Light, Officer Jacket, etc)

  • Elbows

  • Forearm protectors

  • Cup (for males)

  • If you wish to attack to the legs (no skin should be showing)

    • Fencing Pants

    • Long socks

    • Knees

    • Shins

Recommended

  • Chest Protector (For heavier jackets e.g. AP Heavy)

  • Cup (for females)

Supplier recommendations

Again this list is non-exhaustive and depending on your activity of choice there may be more options available. Ask in the club if you wish to get more insight.

Masks

  • Absolute Fencing

  • Blue Gauntlet

  • Allstar

  • PBT

  • Ulhmann

  • Leon Paul

  • Red Dragon

General Protective Equipment

  • SPES Historical Fencing Gear (available in club)

  • PBT Historical

  • Arcem/Black Armoury

  • High Hill

  • HEMA Wear/Historica Clothiers

Gloves

  • SPES Lobster variants

  • Sparring Gloves

  • Pro Gauntlet

  • Red Dragons (drilling and light boffer fencing only)

  • Lacrosse (drilling and light boffer fencing only)

  • Rapier acceptable talk to David or Dori Coblentz

Weapon Trainers

In order of most recommended:

  • Sigi

  • Kvetun

  • Regenyei

  • Landsknecht Emporium

  • Fabri Armorum

  • Arms and Armor

  • Albion Swords

  • Feather Smallsword

  • VB Swords

  • Darkwood Armoury

  • Castille Armory

  • Balefire Swords

  • Black Fencer

  • Go-Now Boffers