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Ensifer

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Jan Chodkiewicz of Poland’s Ensifer crafts premium quality training swords ideal for HEMA and martial arts. Attention is closely paid to the handling characteristics of the swords to ensure that they feel and behave as close to historic originals while still keeping all the needs for safety, durability and longevity in mind to create a balanced training sword.

Jan Chodkiewicz is not only a talented bladesmith, but he is also the founder and longsword instructor of FECHTSCHULE GDAŃSK. He has won many tournaments in Poland as well as placing 1st at Swordfish in 2011, 3rd at Swordfish 2012 and 2nd at ILGH 2019. Jan has a unique position of being both a bladesmith and a tournament-tier HEMA practitioner and his expertise in both hone his mastery of each.

Jan has been a professional swordsmith for 15 years and takes the name Ensifer for his swordcraft from the Latin ensifer – a crafter of edged weapons.

He is a student of famed Gdańsk blacksmith master Remigiusz Bystrek who in turn was educated from the master blacksmiths Franciszek Zulewsi and Christoph Friedrich. He received his journeyman diploma in 2009, his master diploma in 2013 and is also a graduate from the Faculty of History at the University of Gdańsk (2005).

 

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