04-28-2005, 09:29 AM
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| Meet your match!
Okay, on the fencing.net board, who would you say is your match, skill wise, in your chosen weapon.
For me, I'd say glowstix.
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04-28-2005, 09:54 AM
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| Peter G.......unless there are other floorball goalies here lol. But it's really not much of a match.....he is infinitly better than I
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04-28-2005, 10:31 AM
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| Army, a shooting match? M-16s or M-4s, your choice. | |
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04-28-2005, 11:01 AM
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| Hmm... I'm a much better archer than fencer, and I know Ess does archery - but he never said if it's traditional or that wussy kind that needs sights, silly bows with pulleys... And Great Bowyer has a name that suggests he knows his way around sharp projectiles...
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04-28-2005, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by swordwench Hmm... I'm a much better archer than fencer, and I know Ess does archery - but he never said if it's traditional or that wussy kind that needs sights, silly bows with pulleys... And Great Bowyer has a name that suggests he knows his way around sharp projectiles... | I'm not much of an archer, well not anymore. I still like bows and arrows though. Recurve all the way!!
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04-28-2005, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by esskreemr I'm not much of an archer, well not anymore. I still like bows and arrows though. Recurve all the way!! | Yes! Recurve and longbow for me, though shooting off the hand can be scary. Nothing like the fear of getting feathers embedded in your hand to keep you steady.
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04-28-2005, 11:39 AM
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| As far as fencing skills, I would guess, just by looking at board info that it would be glowstix for me as well. We have the same rating in foil and epee, have been fencing for around the same amount of time and we both drive about the same crazy distance for good practice.
For bows, I am a huge recurve fan.
Soldier, if Army declines I would not mind an excuse to get some trigger time in. I was qualified EM with the 16 and M9 and cross qualified on the G3, Steyr F88 and FN L1a1. I never got to play with the M4 (I actually don't thinkit had entered service when I was around, at least for anyone other than spec ops guys) and since I have very long arms I doubt I would care for it much. I always had to stick a 1" recoil pad on the 16 to get a good site picture. Considering that I haven't shot anything in like 8 years I don't doubt that you would win, but it would be fun to have the excuse!
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04-28-2005, 12:38 PM
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| Considering I've only actually had twenty rounds with an M-16 (though I'm generally good with rifles), it should be a good match! Of course, Dad won a base-wide M-16 competition a few years ago, his first time picking one up...
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04-28-2005, 12:41 PM
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| I'd guess in Epee, telkanuru is about my match 
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04-28-2005, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by whtouche I'd guess in Epee, telkanuru is about my match |
ooooh, thats harsh.
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04-28-2005, 01:44 PM
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| I was on the varsity shooting teams for my military school and my college, pistol & rifle. Competed again for fun a couple years ago with an unfamiliar weapon and wound up winning, though I doubt my skills are what they once were. So count me in on the shooting gallery!
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04-28-2005, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by swordwench Hmm... I'm a much better archer than fencer, and I know Ess does archery - but he never said if it's traditional or that wussy kind that needs sights, silly bows with pulleys... And Great Bowyer has a name that suggests he knows his way around sharp projectiles... | I happen to be a poor fencer, archer, and bowyer, so I'll take you on... hehe. Traditional all the way for me. I even chop the trees down myself and use hand tools to make them.
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04-28-2005, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Soldier Army, a shooting match? M-16s or M-4s, your choice. | I would take you on... the lowest I ever scored while I was in the Army was 39 (out of 40) and that only happened once. I was pretty good on a SAW and a 60 too if you like those.
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04-28-2005, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Cipher I happen to be a poor fencer, archer, and bowyer, so I'll take you on... hehe. Traditional all the way for me. I even chop the trees down myself and use hand tools to make them. | Only if you promise to use English yew for the bow (man, I wish I had that...), and the finest Port Orford cedar for the arrows. To hell with the spotted owls.  Let them nest in Soldier's room with the chickens.
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04-28-2005, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Cipher I would take you on... the lowest I ever scored while I was in the Army was 39 (out of 40) and that only happened once. I was pretty good on a SAW and a 60 too if you like those. | The -60 was fun (aside from the 7.62mm burn on my palm), but I haven't used a SAW. Anyway, I thought the idea was to go up against one's (roughly) equal? I very much doubt I could match your shooting. | |
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04-28-2005, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by CVilleFencer Soldier, if Army declines I would not mind an excuse to get some trigger time in. | I think I'll bow out. I don't really like guns.
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04-28-2005, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! Okay, on the fencing.net board, who would you say is your match, skill wise, in your chosen weapon. | I would love to say veeco, sreckiki or Army or someone but...eh...alas not. 
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04-28-2005, 03:04 PM
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| Cool! Now I just have to get myself and a battle rifle to CO! I guess if I borrowed a friends Les Baer NRA match rifle that would be kind of cheating? It is built on a AR15/M16 receiver!
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04-28-2005, 03:10 PM
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| Funny thread idea, at least before it got hijacked by the "fearless compensators".
Wouldn't it be more fun to do it more like American Idol - Fencing Cage Match Edition.
Pick someone who you assume to be of roughly equal skill and then vote the winner.
(I hereby recuse myself from selection)
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04-28-2005, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by swordwench Only if you promise to use English yew for the bow (man, I wish I had that...), and the finest Port Orford cedar for the arrows. To hell with the spotted owls. Let them nest in Soldier's room with the chickens. | Port Orford would hardly be traditional with english yew seeing as how it's only grown in the American northwest, but regardless, I don't make arrows to go with the bows yet. If I ever get my hands on a nice straight piece of yew, I'll keep you in mind while I work it. Hell, since we're roughly in the same part of the country you might even get to shoot it one day. Somehow I doubt I'll ever get the wood though, I'm too cheap to buy it. I only use what I cut down myself or what I can trade for. So for now it'll have to be ash, hickory, and oak. And besides, you'd probably tear me up in that competition. My wife would be the better competitor for you.
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