by Doug Nichols | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Piller, George, Uyttenhove, Henri |
When I have the opportunity to visit someone who has fencing memorabilia that I can scan for my collection, I often don’t get a chance to thoroughly take in the significance of everything I’m working with. I work fast, replacing one item from the flatbed...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 19, 2019 | Artifact |
Patch for John McKee’s Cavaliers club from Southern California. The patches for this club had a number of iterations. According to McKee’s notes, this was patch #8 and was used from 1951 through 1975.
by Doug Nichols | Sep 16, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Funke, Erich, McDougall, John, Richards, Ed, Selberg, Charles |
Charles Selberg, or Charlie as he was more commonly known, in 1966 established the fencing program at UC Santa Cruz, home of the Banana Slugs. More, Charlie Selberg was an artist. He grew up in Fargo, North Dakota in a tough situation. His mother died young and his...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 12, 2019 | Artifact |
A porcelain bowl with crossed swords motif. Date unknown. This piece is from the Charles Selberg collection. The handles are broken on both sides. I really should have taken a photo of the bottom so that I might identify the maker. Ebay and Google searches using...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
It’s a struggle to not take cheap shots at the drawings in old fencing books, at least for me. Sometimes though, the artist’s interpretation of the message the author is trying to convey is just too good to forego a bit of a laugh. Take the above photo,...
