BG Heavy Stretch Jacket Front Zipper. Does anyone own this?

[Epee Scherma]

I would like to know how heavy is this jacket? Does it have the D-ring in the back so an epeeist can hook up easily to a reel?

[rsy]

It is pretty heavy for a nylon jacket. It has no D-ring in the back, it has a plastic D-ring on the side.

[geezer]

The BG heavy jacket I owned was heavy cotton duc with a back inset of stretch polyesyer. It wore-out in 3 yrs of constant use, but I liked it. It had/has a metal D-ring for floor cord hook. An occasional snag was sewn to repair, but the main problem was the top of the collar pouch (last resort to catch the blade before it skewers the throat) got worn-out, but mended with much heavy needle and thread work. I went to a very heavy, all cotton duc, back zip jacket from Tripplette...$37.50 vs $65 (+/-) BG. I like it for using either hand, but use it only for practice. (I compete and demo in an Uhlmann FIE 800N. You can find the Uhlmann's at a semi reasonable price if you shop around for discontined lines and year end sales.)