Gear Vendors

The following is a list of vendors that supply primarily to the United States. There are dozens of producers in the HEMA community these days, but these are the most common and comvenient places to buy gear for practitioners in the US.

Purpleheart Armoury

Sells: Wooden Wasters, Synthetic Wasters, Some Steel, Protective Gear, Tournament Supplies, Books/DVDs

Purpleheart is one of the longest-running suppliers of HEMA gear. Originally specializing in wooden swords, they now produce their own line of synthetics as well - and they also supply gear from various local and international vendors. Often convenient when making large orders to get everything possible from here to reduce shipping costs.

HEMA Supplies

Sells: Regenyei Feders and Blunt Steel, Sparring Gloves

Run by Scott Brown, a practitioner in Florida. He functions as the US supplier for Regenyei Armoury and Sparring Gloves.

SPES USA

Sells: Protective Gear

This is the United States portal for SPES, a European producer of protective HEMA gear that is one of the longest-running in the business. Quality protective gear.

South Coast Swords

Sells: Synthetic Wasters

South Coast Swords is the US supplier for Blackfencer wasters, a line of synthetic training products produced in Spain.They offer slight differences in line-up and cosmetic appearance than Purpleheart's Pentti wasters. Always worth a look.

Destroyer Modz

Sells: Protective Gear

A line of HEMA gear run by a HEMA fencer who started out making their own "HEMA Hacks" for gear they weren't satisfied with. Many of their products such as their gorget come highly recommended.

Castille Armory

Sells: Steel Weapons

Probably what is now one of the most popular Smiths for HEMA training weapons in the US, Castille couples great customer service with easy customization and affordability.