Feders
From fencers - to fencers
More than ten years of experience and development is behind of our feders. They can be found at every part of the world in almost every HEMA related event or club. As a leading manufacturer, we take great pride in every piece we produce, ensuring that every fencer who devote itself to HEMA can have an outstanding quality tool to perform with, for an affordable price. As fellow fencers, this is our way to help the growth of the HEMA community.
What is a feder or federschwert?
Even in the medieval times, the need for a safe longsword simulator arose, which bought the historical practice sword or “federschwert” to life. The archaic feder, resembles a longsword only crudely, but the handling characteristics are almost the same, while it is flexible, unsharpened, has no piercing tip and protects the fingers with the so-called “schilt”.
As it wasn’t considered a real weapon in medieval law, citizens were allowed to keep and use it. According to Wassmanssdorf (in the end of the 19. century), the original name for this tool was Paratschwert (parade sword) and the name “feder” was given by later generations.
Standard feder
A “Jack of all trades” feder. Strong in the bind, but can be still used from the wrist for precision work. The size is ideal to practice any school.
Custom feders
You dream it, we make it.
Build your own feder from a vast variety of custom parts. Customize it to match your fencing style and gear.
Trnava feders
Designed by Anton Kohutovič from Gesellschaft Liechtenauers. Robust build, and parallel edges what makes these feders really agile.
Short feder
Design by Eliisa Keskinen. With this feder you can easily use technics from schools which require shorter swords.
(e.g.: The art of Fiore de’i Liberi)
Replica feders
These “paratschwerts” based on original museal findings. They do have a simple goal: perform as close as possible to the ones that the old masters used.