AHF Online Library

Estafilade - AHF’s Online Journal

Estafilade is an online journal of scholarly articles that AHF members have submitted. It includes articles about historical and classical fencing, technique, relevant issues regarding the culture and times in which dueling existed, weapons and equipment, as well as transcriptions from period newspaper articles and essays.

Before articles are accepted, they must meet the Article Submission Guidelines.

Available Articles: (available to the public)

• Notes on History: The Grand Assault of Arms
• Iudicio et Ferro: the Tools of the Wager of Battle
• Fencing in America: 1620 – 1800
• The Other Wild West
• What Makes a Practice Rapier
• Daggers of the Mind
• A Matter of Choice
• Construction of the Smallsword
• How Did They Train Back Then

 AHF Translations: (book sales)

• L’art et la Pratique de L’escrime
  Transcription of Professeur Paul Boucher’s treatise
  on foil, epee, and sabre.
• ITALIAN RAPIER COMBAT, 2nd Edition
  Supported by the AHF’s Historical Translation Project, this book is a transcription of Ridolpho Capo Ferro’s 1610 treatise.

Other Content: (only available to logged in members, click on link to see full list)

• Period Fascimilies