by Doug Nichols | Sep 5, 2019 | Artifact |
The 1925 Pacific Coast Championship Lyon medal. The PCC’s epee event was, presumably, named in honor Arthur St. Clair Lyon, a 3 time Olympian and 3 weapon fencer. This medal is part of the Ralph Faulkner collection of memorabilia found on Ebay and purchased by...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 2, 2019 | Blog Post, Cabrillo College, Carnighan, Len, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marki, Ferenc, McDougall, John, Moore-Selberg, Julie, Northern California, Nottingham, Jack, Okawa, Heziburo, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, The Fencing Center |
You don’t forget your first team, or your first teammates. The fortuitous circumstances surrounding my introduction to fencing couldn’t be more memorable; a time filled with remarkable personalities. Fencing was my first college course. Fencing, the game I’d always...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 29, 2019 | Artifact |
Prieur Sports embroidered patch, unknown date. The embroidery is sewn onto a heavy felt backing and depicts the old company logo featuring a dueling musketeer. The word “Prieur” can be seen in blue thread under and to the left of the guard of the...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Halberstadt, Hans |
If you have ever taken the time to peruse the backlog of stories on this site, you may have run across a few older posts that had collections of newspaper comics that include a fencing reference. Well, it’s that time again! And if you haven’t checked out...
by Doug Nichols | Aug 22, 2019 | Artifact |
1953 Trophy foil for the Halberstadt Women’s Foil Open won by Tommy Angell, from the Charles Selberg collection. For many years Hans Halberstadt created a presentation weapon for first place at his two self-titled events, the Halberstadt Sabre for men and the...
