Wukusi Cobra Fencing Mask

Mask works great. Customer Service was excellent.

My teen was fencing with a regular mask and got a concussion. I immediately got him this mask afterward and it has better padding and the smooth design helps swords slide off. I highly recommend.

Very strong and well constructed, bit on the heavier side. Measured my head at 27" which was to be a large, went with XL due to people saying it runs small, and I am glad I did, fits perfectly

To begin with, these set a new bar for HEMA head protection; they address the primary issues with using normal fencing masks for HEMA by being designed to withstand blows to the sides and back of the head and having increased internal padding to better withstand longsword blows (as compared to epee thrusts).

Measure your heads! Mine is right between the medium and large on the size chart. I tried a friend's large on at my club and it was too big. I ordered a medium and it turned out to be too small even with a fair bit of effort put into adjusting the internal padding, so I sold it at a small loss.

SoCal Swords went above and beyond service-wise. I asked them to overnight it to me so that I could bring it to a tournament, and they did without charging me anything above the normal shipping cost! Super helpful and awesome. Thanks, guys!

The protection is fantastic - best in class. Getting hit in the side of the head hurts a lot less than with your typical mask and it's great not having to put your BoH protector back on every time you eat a thrust to the head. Now the cons... the velcro back strap is extremely difficult to keep on while putting on the mask and nearly impossible to thread back into its holder behind your head if it does come off. Also, the foam padding added to the mask makes it an incredibly tight fit even after bending the mask as recommended. You'd only know this if you read reviews about others having to remove the foam. All that being said, I really give the product more of a 9/10. It's worth the cost and is a great product. My gripes are fairly minor, all things considered.