by Doug Nichols | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, McDougall, John, Nottingham, Jack, Selberg, Charles |
Some time back, I wrote a story about Boffers: (Boffing Article!) Designed by fencer/coach Jack Nottingham, they were the Rolls-Royce of polyethylene toy swords. They could be found for sale via mail order from the Whole Earth Catalog, the 1960s version of Google,...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Richards, Ed |
Ebay can be tricky to navigate. Not in a general sense. However, sometimes real gems can be found that are hidden between the lines when sellers don’t have a clue about what they’re selling. Case in point; today’s subject. I was able to purchase...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog Post, Carnighan, Len, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, McDougall, John, Selberg, Charles |
Time flies when you’re having fun and it’s been almost 4 years since I shared any of Charles Selberg’s Instructional Film Loop series, so let’s dive back in! Since it has been so long, here’s a little review of just what in the world...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles, Uyttenhove, Henri, Visconti, Edward |
A recent gift to the Archive has me dumbfounded. It’s existence was something I had speculated about in a vague way, but never dreamed of finding proof for. Much less, having the proof come directly to me as a donation to the Archive. Yet here we are. Tucked...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 17, 2020 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Magay, Daniel, McDougall, John, Northern California, Piller, George, Schools/Clubs, Snyder, Al, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Uyttenhove, Henri, Zold, Ferenc |
At some point I will outgrown my available storage. It’s not in any way imminent, but down the road it will be something to deal with. Storage space wasn’t a consideration when I began to purchase relatively low cost university annuals on Ebay. Now that...
by Doug Nichols | Dec 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Bower, Muriel, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Craus, Polly, De Jong, Duris, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Jan York, Marki, Ferenc, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Romary, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
Driving around Southern California may not seem like much of a Holiday, especially when traveling alone, but a recent weekend outmatched all my expectations. The plan was to make four different stops in hopes of collecting fencing history. All four planned stops...
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