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A Knife-Making Journey: Blending Craftsmanship with Passion

A Knife-Making Journey: Blending Craftsmanship with Passion

Ben, Barry, Konstantinos and Alex Paul at Nouko knives in Bristol Having spent a year forging blades before heading to university, I’ve always had a deep fascination with steel. Recently...

The Crack Detective

The Crack Detective

Improving safety for fencers is one of the FIE’s main roles as a governing body. Huge steps have been made over the last 30 years to increase safety, starting with...

How to rewire your epee - Part 2: gluing the blade

How to rewire your epee - Part 2: gluing the blade

We're back with the second part of our armoury series for epeeists. In the focus today: how to glue your blade. As last week, all tips and tricks shared here are based on the experience of our Instagram girl Johanna, who prefers to have all her epees equipped with our ultra light titanium tip (if even Bas Verwijlen does, who can blame her? ;) ) and therefore regularly rewires her blades. Continue reading →

Care and maintenance of your foil (and epee) points

Care and maintenance of your foil (and epee) points

Our GT3 tips, whether for foil or epee,  are the most carefully engineered on the planet. We have gone to extraordinary lengths to try to make sure that they are reliable, robust and above all else buttery smooth. Ahead a few tips by our director Alex Paul (with the input from top-ranked foil fencer Richard Kruse!) to help you get the best from them.   Continue reading →

How to Thread Your Blade Tang

How to Thread Your Blade Tang

This is a short video to show you how to cut and thread the tang of a fencing blade. Whether it's foil, epee or sabre the process is the same. Continue reading →

Have we mentioned that we love 3d printing?

Have we mentioned that we love 3d printing?

I know that 3d printing is a bit of a recurring theme for me on the blog but it still has not stopped amazing me. The possibilities never seem to...

The best two pin bodywire in the world – a story of digital manufacturing

The best two pin bodywire in the world – a story of digital manufacturing

Our newly released updated two pin plug, found on our FIE-approved foil and sabre bodywires, already has a considerable number of fans... but do you know the the story of cutting-edge technology involved in its making? Today, Alex Paul, our director and mastermind behind product development, tells you all about how our latest innovation saw the light of day the fencing halls of the world. Read on after the jump. Continue reading →

How to rewire your epee - Part 1: How to prepare your blade

How to rewire your epee - Part 1: How to prepare your blade

It’s probably the task most fencers secretly (or even not so secretly) fear: rewiring a blade. But no matter whether it’s because the wiring of your favourite blade is damaged, you want to use a different kind of tip than the one your blade came with or you simply bought an unwired blade – there are moments in a fencer’s life when you just have to face that task and get it done. We’ve put together some useful tips for rewiring your epee. Brought to you by our Instagram girl Johanna, who regularly rewires her weapons by herself. Today’s post will focus on how to best prepare your blade for the actual rewiring. Continue reading →

Denver 1989. The first World Championships with electric sabre.

Denver 1989. The first World Championships with electric sabre.

Prior to the 1989 Senior World Championships being held in Chicago, all firms pitching to supply the apparatus for this event were invited to a National circuit competition in Chicago to trial their F.I.E. approved sabre apparatus. Continue reading →

One of the world's top coaches goes wireless!

One of the world's top coaches goes wireless!

Ziemowit Wojciechowski is a GB Olympic Coach, Head coach of ZFW fencing club and the coach of world number 3 Richard Kruse. Recently he has taken his club into the future by switching to wireless fencing, here is what he has to say: Four months ago I purchased 4 wireless machines from Leon Paul for my fencing club, ZFW, and I haven’t looked back. Continue reading →

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A Knife-Making Journey: Blending Craftsmanship with Passion

A Knife-Making Journey: Blending Craftsmanship with Passion

Ben, Barry, Konstantinos and Alex Paul at Nouko knives in Bristol Having spent a year forging blades before heading to university, I’ve always had a deep fascination with steel. Recently...

Have we mentioned that we love 3d printing?

Have we mentioned that we love 3d printing?

I know that 3d printing is a bit of a recurring theme for me on the blog but it still has not stopped amazing me. The possibilities never seem to...

The Crack Detective

The Crack Detective

Improving safety for fencers is one of the FIE’s main roles as a governing body. Huge steps have been made over the last 30 years to increase safety, starting with...

The best two pin bodywire in the world – a story of digital manufacturing

The best two pin bodywire in the world – a story of digital manufacturing

Our newly released updated two pin plug, found on our FIE-approved foil and sabre bodywires, already has a considerable number of fans... but do you know the the story of cutting-edge technology involved in its making? Today, Alex Paul, our director and mastermind behind product development, tells you all about how our latest innovation saw the light of day the fencing halls of the world. Read on after the jump. Continue reading →

How to rewire your epee - Part 2: gluing the blade

How to rewire your epee - Part 2: gluing the blade

We're back with the second part of our armoury series for epeeists. In the focus today: how to glue your blade. As last week, all tips and tricks shared here are based on the experience of our Instagram girl Johanna, who prefers to have all her epees equipped with our ultra light titanium tip (if even Bas Verwijlen does, who can blame her? ;) ) and therefore regularly rewires her blades. Continue reading →

How to rewire your epee - Part 1: How to prepare your blade

How to rewire your epee - Part 1: How to prepare your blade

It’s probably the task most fencers secretly (or even not so secretly) fear: rewiring a blade. But no matter whether it’s because the wiring of your favourite blade is damaged, you want to use a different kind of tip than the one your blade came with or you simply bought an unwired blade – there are moments in a fencer’s life when you just have to face that task and get it done. We’ve put together some useful tips for rewiring your epee. Brought to you by our Instagram girl Johanna, who regularly rewires her weapons by herself. Today’s post will focus on how to best prepare your blade for the actual rewiring. Continue reading →

Care and maintenance of your foil (and epee) points

Care and maintenance of your foil (and epee) points

Our GT3 tips, whether for foil or epee,  are the most carefully engineered on the planet. We have gone to extraordinary lengths to try to make sure that they are reliable, robust and above all else buttery smooth. Ahead a few tips by our director Alex Paul (with the input from top-ranked foil fencer Richard Kruse!) to help you get the best from them.   Continue reading →

Denver 1989. The first World Championships with electric sabre.

Denver 1989. The first World Championships with electric sabre.

Prior to the 1989 Senior World Championships being held in Chicago, all firms pitching to supply the apparatus for this event were invited to a National circuit competition in Chicago to trial their F.I.E. approved sabre apparatus. Continue reading →

How to Thread Your Blade Tang

How to Thread Your Blade Tang

This is a short video to show you how to cut and thread the tang of a fencing blade. Whether it's foil, epee or sabre the process is the same. Continue reading →

One of the world's top coaches goes wireless!

One of the world's top coaches goes wireless!

Ziemowit Wojciechowski is a GB Olympic Coach, Head coach of ZFW fencing club and the coach of world number 3 Richard Kruse. Recently he has taken his club into the future by switching to wireless fencing, here is what he has to say: Four months ago I purchased 4 wireless machines from Leon Paul for my fencing club, ZFW, and I haven’t looked back. Continue reading →

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