Origin Books @originbooks.bsky.social We're Origin Books — a book printing company that helps authors and publishers bring their vision to life.
Hélène Leblanc @heleneleblanc.bsky.social Researcher in history of philosophy | Posts about signs, scholastics, swords, and nerdy things
Cherilyn F @cherilynf.bsky.social Living history buff, equestrian enthusiast, amateur Victorian home restorer, universal geek.
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Tim L @apollo18.bsky.social I help take people to space and sometimes do things with swords.
Zevon Price @zevonprice.bsky.social An author of horror and mystery who has, now, published more than children's stories. Will scare and delight you, and maybe even gross you out a little.
Just The Wind Drake @justthewinddrake.bsky.social Nobody deserves to suffer.
I repost things so that you can see them and you can spread them. We're in this together.
I love art
I will post my vogon poetry. That is a risk you take by following.
Tee @false-edge-cuts.bsky.social Swords. Books. History. The Future.
Bob Charrette @bob-char.bsky.social sculptor, author, schermitore
ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesn’t repeat—it remixes. Let’s imagine the tracks that never dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/reroutedbyhistory | #bskystorians
Urgo @hugocarca.bsky.social Grand lecteur de SFFF qui a du mal à trouver de quoi se mettre sous la dent. Qui écrit à ses heures perdues.
Long Island Historical Fencing Society @lihfs.bsky.social Historical European Martial Arts on Long Island. We study numerous weapons and systems including: longsword, sabre, sword & buckler, rapier, dagger, messer, dussack, smallsword, sidesword, pole weapons etc. Classes held at Omni Fitness Center in Uniondale.
D Granke @dgranke.bsky.social Theatre Educator, Director, Fight Director, and Intimacy Director. Spouse, Dog Human, Insufferable Amateur Cook, and Camping and National Park Enthusiast. They all the way.
www.dgranke.com
@starcrusader.bsky.social @starcrusader.bsky.social
Dave Kirkby @drmonkeyface.bsky.social “Awwww, he’s so cute. He thinks he’s people."
Proud to be the only gold ENNIE award winning, Cthulhu worshipping, dice throwing, mini painting, armoured idiot in Ipswich.
find out more at kirkd.co.uk
DIMICATOR Schola @dimicator-schola.com Schule für Historisches Fechten in Hamburg
Schwert & Schild, Rapier und mehr
dreimal Training pro Woche
Jeff Greenwood @greenwoodje.bsky.social He/Him
HEMA Instructor, Artist, I.T. Specialist, Hobby Artist
So you'll get posts on Historical Fencing, as well as my art, and my friends art
ohfs.ca
furaffinity.net/user/khelik/
deviantart.com/khelik
Tags: #HEMA #Longsword #furryart #fanart
Barwon Academy of Arms @baageelong.bsky.social A Geelong based HEMA club.
Joe @jobibo.bsky.social New dad, lefty, anti-fascist, PC gamer, novice HEMA enthusiast.
🌱☀️ @bravelittlescrib.bsky.social Major skills: Long blade, Alchemy, Speechcraft, Alteration, Enchant
Allert Pierson @allertpierson.bsky.social Destreza nerd-about-town. Calgary, Canada.
@epicteatus.bsky.social @epicteatus.bsky.social Some things are within our power, while others are the whims of a narcissistic man child.
Epic Level Fitness @epiclevelfitness.bsky.social We are a personal training and massage studio with a sword problem coming to you from Gowanda, NY
Dr. Octothorpe @baldwerewolf.bsky.social Sysadmin. Grumpy old curmudgeon. Yes, I know that’s redundant.
Militantly agnostic secular humanist. Trying to remember to be kind to myself as well as others.
Low Society @metacapitalism.bsky.social Deeply committed to opposing MAGA. my pup, books, TV, old movies, jazz, rock, and classical music, beach walks, writing (fiction and non-fiction), abstract painting, stone sculpting, deep sleep, and non-violent villainy.
Curtis Rochelle @thac0mancer.bsky.social Fencer (military sabre, smallsword, longsword, and others), game dev, player of weird old games.
Most recent project: Murder Mansion, a Survival Horror ttrpg https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/498973/Murder-Mansion?affiliate_id=904578
LesserGoldfish @lessergoldfish.bsky.social
BDC @brdec.bsky.social Just here to lurk.
Kyle @kbergan.bsky.social Nurse Practitioner / Historical Fencer / Board Game Enthusiast / Sci-fi Nerd / Craft Whiskey Magnificent Bastard / Former local blogger
I probably don't have the political identity you think I do
fenrir @fffenrir.bsky.social furry art sometimes i guess. compsci + ux degree
25, he/him, norwegian
also known as ramguts or tape
commissions - https://artistree.io/ramguts- J James @jaeleon.bsky.social Lawyer by day, HEMA instructor by night.
Jet @twentyturtles.bsky.social HEMA Practitioner and History Buff • I post interesting HEMA manuscripts, plays, and masters I find on Wikitenauer
Meyer German Longsword 🗡️
Lecküchner Langes Messer 🔪
Canada 🍁 30
B.Mus (Composition) ✅🎶
Working on: B.A (History) (Minor: Music History)
Megacorvid @megacorvid.bsky.social Kristofer. He/They. RPG and games and whatnot. Swords and fencing (HEMA). I write and I'm mad about it.
Scott @sscottt.bsky.social
𝔅𝔢𝔫, 𝔒𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔊𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫 @ben.armeritter.rest Worldbuilder, Environment Artist
Big Bike Game
Drawing & Painting 🖋️📜
Once and Future Character Artist
𝔖𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔢𝔯 ℑℜ𝔏🗡️🛡️
@fireblooddamian.bsky.social @fireblooddamian.bsky.social
Connor Jensen @shaolinviking.bsky.social I do traditional Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, HEMA, & paint miniatures.
Paint Commissions: Closed
@aceeribirb.bsky.social @aceeribirb.bsky.social
Nicolleto "Nicky G" Giganti @nicolettogiganti.bsky.social Early 17th century fencing master back to teach you a lesson.
Tryina Denouement @tryinad.bsky.social random girlie who doesn’t even know why she is on bluesky. knitting, sword, fashion
@ tryinad on instagram
EN/ID/JV/NL
@simonbrks.bsky.social @simonbrks.bsky.social
Scott Nimmo @snimmo.bsky.social Researcher of dead guys idea of how to use weapons, I share this knowledge with people old enough to know better, than those too young to know better.
Work in Sports Science, current research is on improving the Martial Arts Inventory (Psych).
@senselessswords.bsky.social @senselessswords.bsky.social
@toledohema.bsky.social @toledohema.bsky.social HEMA Club located in Toledo, Ohio.
Jeff Vansteenkiste @jeffvansteenkiste.bsky.social Online investigator specializing in Open Source Intelligence. Historical fencing enthusiast and amateur scholar. He/him/his
Research and translations: https://labirinto.ca/
Fundraising: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/jeff_does_extra_life
João Marinheiro @joaomarinheiro.bsky.social 🇵🇹| Senior AI Programmer @Flying_Wild_Hog, ex @Ubisoft. History aficionado, HEMA nerd and sometimes artist when I'm feeling adventurous. Opinions are my own.
vin @v1223.bsky.social D&D nerd, HEMAist, Industrial/Goth/Metal music fan, gamer, fond of the colour purple! They/Them
@kohmsford.bsky.social @kohmsford.bsky.social
🎃 PitWight 🕳️ 🪦 @witwright.bsky.social He/him. Itinerant hobbyist. Currently collecting mechanical keyboards, woodwind instruments, HEMA equipment, and indie RPGs.- S @sylvanartifex.bsky.social @sylvanartifex.bsky.social
Good News For Lefties @goodnewsforlefties.bsky.social GoodNewsForLefties.com - a podcast hosted by @beowulfrochlen.bsky.social Upbeat headlines for progressives. Send good news tips to beowulf@twosquaredmediaproductions.com or 202-656-6271
@beardoryan.bsky.social @beardoryan.bsky.social
Maeve Walls @14n7h3.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ • She/Her • Seattle based historical fencer. Artist and animator for Magitrick Games. I know my username looks like something a bot would have but it's just my middle name with some of the letters swapped out for similar looking numbers.
Michael McCarthy @ornaceas.bsky.social Medievalist researching judicial combat. HEMA and longsword enthusiast. Battling trigeminal neuralgia and losing. Eerie and world weary. North East England.
swordbearing @swordbearing.bsky.social they/them - your friendly neighborhood sword cryptid
be bisexual, eat hot chip, and shitpost
may or may not actually be the chicago mothman
Annette Sherrod @knightowl42.bsky.social Video editor at large
🐈⬛ | ⚔️ | 🖋
Tawera Te Kore @nionvox.bsky.social Artist of many kinds. Proudly Maori. Queer as hell. Anarchist. Based in Vancouver, Canada.
Carrie Patrick @fullmetaldoofus.bsky.social Swords and armour, kitties, social justice, arts and crafts, science, fabulous outfits, goth home decor, musical instruments. Regular human bartender. Fully qualified nerd. Believe a better world is possible.
The Swashbakler @theswashbakler.bsky.social That’s pronounced Swash-Bake-ler
Just your average Baking Swashbuckler.
Self-proclaimed Renaissance Man: Baker, Maker, Sewist, Swordsman, and Craftsman.
Shall we embark on an adventure? ⚔️
Tom Farmer @schattengarde.bsky.social Author, Fencer, Nerd
Currently finishing up the re-release of "The Stars Have Eyes" and stuck in a loop of Slay the Princess, Rogue Trader, and FFXIV.
Elissa C @elissa750.bsky.social
John Hopson @johnhopson.bsky.social Games research and analytics. Chair of the IGDA Analytics SIG. He/him. Opinions are my own.
@cmedievales.bsky.social @cmedievales.bsky.social
Nick Wilson (he/him) @uninick.bsky.social Mountain Unicyclist. Historical fencer. Linux Geek. "Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness." - Terry Pratchett, "Men at Arms"
Jason @swordandink.bsky.social I make art, I practice HEMA, I travel widely. Aka Demetrios (SCA)
Cindy Watkins 🌈 @craftysilence.bsky.social Poet, writer, fencer, geek. Uncle. Please sit.
http://cindywatkins.net
https://bangalorereview.com/2024/05/waiting-2/
Boston Academie d'Armes @bosacademiearme.bsky.social Learn the Art of Swordplay!
⚜️ Historical & Classical Fencing School
⚔️ Rapier | Saber | Italian Foil | Dueling Sword
🤺 Group & Private Lessons Avail
https://bostonacademiedarmes.com/
@sa1ntaluc1a.bsky.social @sa1ntaluc1a.bsky.social From Ealdormere, Ontario, Nova Scotia 🐦🌿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍁💪🦜🪿🫖🫎
@mrdoublev.bsky.social @mrdoublev.bsky.social
@fencingfairy.bsky.social @fencingfairy.bsky.social
@optimuspriem.bsky.social @optimuspriem.bsky.social That's a dueling!
Mark Winkelman (he/him) @winkelmansword.bsky.social HEMA instructor practicing since 2004. Practitioner of living lineage 19th century Hungarian Sabre, koryu (HNIR Kenjutsu, Kageryu Battojutsu), Judo, & Modern Combatives. MSW in Mental Health & Addicitons, B.A. Mus, jazz bassist, leftist
Maso Perez🇵🇸🍉🇨🇩 @trumoi.bsky.social Any/All. Queer, Latino, Kind of annoying. I fence HEMA, make games, and write stuff.
Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social COP is stored in the ovaries
pompe à chaleur. recovering local digital news reporter. rural volunteer firefighter. Gideon the Sixth. your favorite deep state climate bureaucrat’s favorite shitposter
she/her/bro 🔌⚡️
Dr Jacob H. Deacon ⚔️ @deaconjh.bsky.social PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Leeds. Academic Errant. Researching martial culture in late medieval and early modern England. He/him
@estherlily9.bsky.social @estherlily9.bsky.social
Laury can Nap Anywhere @caknuckleguy.bsky.social It's a me, Lauri o. Netrunner with NSG, swords with EHMA.ca, baseball and board games. I do football stats and film. My spouse is cooler than me. Say your puns with all your heart. #ACAB Queer (he/him)
Edmonton Historical Martial Arts @ehmaswords.bsky.social Edmonton Historical Martial Arts: a YEG based HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) club. We welcome anyone interested in historical swords to join us. Regular classes are Tuesdays, 7pm, at Bonnie Doon Community Hall. EHMA.ca HONK
D @davidsplace.bsky.social Swords, harps, drums ... my list of interests goes on.
The Forge Western Martial Arts (Calgary Chapter) @calgary.forgewma.com HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts, ex. longsword) and Modern Combatives club in Calgary, AB. forgewma.com
Julian Schuetze @hemasimian.bsky.social I like swords.
Club: https://bsky.app/profile/bighornhc.bsky.social
Greg Fasolino @greengerg.bsky.social Guitarist with The Harrow
HEMA fencer at Long Island Historical Fencing Society
Syntax publicist
Horror/sci-fi/fantasy fan
Foodie, hiker, gardener
Scholar of prehistory/Bronze Age/ancient DNA
YouTube channel curator
René Jiménez - Fiore HMO @varanusniloticus.bsky.social Esgrima histórica en el noroeste de México
Mat @matkrtm.bsky.social fencer ♦ amateur bonsai artist ♦ medical laboratory scientist (focuses: genomics and hematology)
Stacy S. @stacydoesswords.bsky.social Swords, Cooking and Cats!
The Bellman @parttimepolymath.net Parttime Polymath. History, photography, HEMA, books, woodworking. Amateur curmudgeon.
(https://parttimepolymath.net)
kit @hypostase.bsky.social Vaguely human. Once a DBA. Probably queer, Pākehā to UK, now Sweden. Move like Silver. Pronouns not so much, just no f***ing titles. nvi. Antifa.
Avatar Tattoo on the back of the neck, some say it’s a squatting squirrel, but it was supposed to be a monkey:
Roger Norling @hroarr.bsky.social
Emily O'Brien @zeroartifact.bsky.social ˖⁺‧₊☽𓅨☾₊‧⁺˖
Okay-ish sword person, fiber artist, nurse
J Ritchey @fletcherhawke.bsky.social Uncle. Historical Fencer. Amateur boffin. Terminally curious. Flawed but growing and learning.
I probably won't respond to DMs if I don't know you personally.
@aidanblake.bsky.social @aidanblake.bsky.social
SAvenue @savenue.bsky.social Retired Hemaist. Current RC plane Combatant
Pronouns he / him
In a relationship with @jencat137.bsky.social
(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social It's me, braak, returned at long last from my social media exile.
I encourage you to purchase my book, RADHIKA RAAD AND THE TOWER INGENIUS, which is now available (for purchase).
https://a.co/d/1nix74W
Donovan @dzurlord.bsky.social he/him - Fencer, researcher, dad, most okayest D2 Hunter, definitely needs a nap