View Poll Results: Who made your uniform? Check all that apply. - Voters
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Leon Paul
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Uhlmann / Allstar
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Post Sport
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American Fencers Supply
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Blue Gauntlet
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Blade Fencing
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Physical Chess
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Triplette (because I hate myself)
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Adidas (because I have too much money)
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Other / Uniforms are for sissies / Chainsaw Al's Discount Fencing Emporium
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Hemisemidemiannual Equipment Poll X-travaganza! As a point of interest, let's see who gets their stuff from where. It's late, so remind me if I missed any major manufacturers. A second decade of excellence
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im sad to say blue gauntlet, but im in the process of phasing all their equipment out of my bag. goodbye BG and your poor spelling and grammar. I.e. "franch" point :P "When my time on earth is gone, and my activies here are passed. I want they bury me upside-down, and my critics can kiss me @$$."
-Bobby Knight
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You should have added Negrini, Prieur and PBT.
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Triplette made my jacket, that's it. In NC, they are the major supplier for fencers not willing to spend the PBT bucks, so I bought my original kit from them. My knickers are Leon Paul, my Sabre mask and my glove are both PBT.
And you forgot Santelli
Last edited by Foilboy; 04-24-2004 at 08:58 PM.
"A fast fencer may be good, but a smooth fencer is a champion." CFFA
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As long as we're talking stuff: there was a discussion on here awhile back about the stuff from Cartel, but I don't think anyone had actually seen their stuff. Has anyone tried a kit from these guys? I ask because their FIE stuff is dirt cheap, even with exchange rates and shipping, and I have to wonder what the catch is.
As to the manufacturers I forgot: you get a max of 10 poll options, so I did what I could. Hence the 'other' box. A second decade of excellence
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I don't hate myself, in fact, I've been quite happy with my Triplette stuff. I've had the uniform since 1994. I'll be buying a new kit soon, but I think 10 years of use is more than reasonable.
Tomas
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 Originally Posted by prototoast You should have added Negrini, Prieur and PBT. And Soudet.
//Zz --- Allstar all the way.
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Originally Posted by Tomas N I don't hate myself, in fact, I've been quite happy with my Triplette stuff. I've had the uniform since 1994. I'll be buying a new kit soon, but I think 10 years of use is more than reasonable.
Tomas
I'm satisfied with my Triplette stuff, too.
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Soudet FIE jacket. Triplette knickers (my Soudet knickers seem to have "shrunk") , Negrini FIE plastron. Leon Paul FIE mask, Estoc glove, PBT shoes
A young fencer came up to me recently and asked me why no part of my uniform matched. I hadn't really noticed. I guess when you're shaped like me, you take what fits.
Paolo "He is a man of splendid abilities but utterly corrupt. He shines and stinks like rotten mackerel by moonlight." "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."
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Also Infinity. I just got one of their sabre lames.
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Inq:
How do you like the Infinity lame? If you don't know how to sew, now is the time to woo a seamstress.
We love the Infinitys, but you can't let any of the seams stay open, once popped loose. Tack them back together at once (no need for metallic thread). They make the lames with such tight seam allowances that they will unzip if you let them go. "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St.
"Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal."
William Black, Ph.D.
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Originally Posted by Capt. Slo-mo Inq:
How do you like the Infinity lame? If you don't know how to sew, now is the time to woo a seamstress.
Oh, believe me: as a confirmed bachelor and inveterate cheapskate I HAVE learned to sew....
I've only worn the lame once thus far. The only real difference I've noticed is that it provides less impact absorption than heavier lames, so I'm glad I have a stout jacket. Doubtless the vaunted superior ventilation and lightness will manifest themselves in time, though in truth I never found the conventional stainless steel Uhlmanns particularly onerous in either regard---I bought the Infinity because with the depreciation of the dollar it was a bit less expensive this time around.
I plan to overstitch the seams as a precautionary measure just as soon as I find the time. Good news that no special thread is needed!
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and Santelli don't forget the folks up in Jersey.
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Uhlmann FIE Mask
" " Jacket
" " Plastron
" " Knickers
Uhlmann Glove for epee
Post Sport glove for foil
Adidas D'Artagnan shoes, per yesterday
BF blades, 3 foil (2 TCA, 1 Uhlmann) 3 epee (1 TCA, 1 Uhlmann, 1 Uhlmann FIE)
Santelli Competition Bag
Used to use a Santelli deer skin 3 weapon glove, will buy another some day. Contrary to DamianIP, for some crazy reason I love continuity in my gear and selected a brand and went exclusively with them; then again, I am of an average size.
We've got a guy at the club whoose been using the same Santelli jacket for 16 years!!! And I think his mask is going on 13 by now. I am truly amazed at this man. He doesn't care how ragged his stuff looks so long as it fits and works. The interior of his mask has duct tape to hold the padding together in places, and its not like he is too poor to buy a new mask! ... without remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, [d'artagnan] went to bed and slept the sleep of the brave.
- The Three Musketeers
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Leon Paul Mask
Allstar Jacket, Knickers, Glove (competition)
France Lames Plasteron (competition), (also have France Lames jacket and knickers that I don't use)
Triplette knickers, jacket, plasteron (practice... almost 8 years old)
Adidas shoes Don't let 'em drop it. Don'tlet'emdropit. Stop it... bebop it.
~Charlie Mingus
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Hi!
Originally Posted by D'Artagnan1673 Uhlmann FIE Mask
We've got a guy at the club whoose been using the same Santelli jacket for 16 years!!! And I think his mask is going on 13 by now. Pah!
One of the guys at my club has had the same mask since 1937!
Have a nice time!
Peter Gustafsson
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Hah, I bet both of those two fence without a cup, too! 
Seriously, haven't they heard the Smirnov story?
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Estoc Competition - The Uniform of the Discreminating Fencer. If you haven't tried it, come by my booth at Summer Nationals and feel the best FIE uniform on the market. Those who have, are hooked! oxxx[[======================= \\Toll Free 866-SWORD4U Slay more with a Claymore
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I agree with Scott (swordmaster) the Estoc is great. It's what I have and I like it.
Again like I sadi before though lots of these things are a personal preference. Going to an event to try on and see what is offered is the best way to know what you like and how it fits.
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Uhlmann mask, jacket, knickers, and plastron, competition glove and competition lame
PBT socks and practice lame
Adidas shoes
American Fencing chest protector
Blade practice glove
Last edited by Sabresque; 05-05-2004 at 05:39 PM.
-Sabresque
"Those whippernsapper Be-Bop Bohemians!"
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