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Pauli · 09-13-2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dhanu

Hey, many thanks for all this load of info...I will apply some of the tricks...& I will have to spend some time trying all the possibilities...It is a pity there is no big store nearby with all the brand items to try them all.

as you have had such positive travel experiences lately, why don't you just take this as an opportunity to book flights to all the various shops so you can try out all mentioned solutions.

I'm sure, some airline allience will bring you to the necessary stops. You might want to avoid a stop in Italy......

Dhanu · 09-13-2005, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Pauli

as you have had such positive travel experiences lately, why don't you just take this as an opportunity to book flights to all the various shops so you can try out all mentioned solutions.

Actually I am thinking of organizing a tour thru Leon Paul, All sports, PBT, Adidas Germany....& sell it to all the participants in this forum...It would be a fencing shopping experience!

Pauli · 09-13-2005, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dhanu

Actually I am thinking of organizing a tour thru Leon Paul, All sports, PBT, Adidas Germany....& sell it to all the participants in this forum...It would be a fencing shopping experience!

Wow, what kind of ROI are you counting on?
And since we're in the women's thread - maybe you can exchange in naturals. Like some boxes of tampons against a PBT towel or similar?

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Dhanu

I want to know about chest/breast protectors. Does anyone know which one is the best (for me?)? Do you have a favourite one?

Hola!

You know what I look like, chestsizewise -- I look nothing like Dolly Parton.

I'm not sure how close a look you took at me in Szombathely but I use those little 'discs'. They work just fine for me.

As it happens I do have one of those 'full' plastic protectors but I never quite got friendly with it. It's too wide for my armpits (arms get 'trapped') and doesn't feel comfortable.

Oh, how's your circus career as a contortionist coming on..?

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 01:05 PM

While we're discussing fencing gear that doesn't really work for women.... I thought I would share the solution I found for my fencing pants.

Okay.... picture this... you're at a tournament, you have a bye in the first round in your pool and the 3 quarts of water you have drank has just hit your bladder.... and you have 6 minutes to make it to the bathroom and back...

You find the washroom, undo your jacket, peel away your sweat soaked jacket, then your plastron, your barbi boobies, THEN you can finally pull down the straps of pants so you can do what you came there for.... finishing up you know have to try and get all this wet gear back on and get back to the strip before your name is called.

I made this much easier by cutting off my suspenders and re-attaching them with suspender clips (the kind used on overalls). This makes laundering much easier as I can remove the straps easily and just wash the pants.

Has anyone else out there done alterations to their gear to suit their gender?

Dhanu · 09-13-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Hola!

You know what I look like, chestsizewise -- I look nothing like Dolly Parton.

I'm not sure how close a look you took at me in Szombathely but I use those little 'discs'. They work just fine for me.

Where did you buy it? The discs, I mean. Hope they are nos something homemade using discarded DVDs.

I am doing mental contortionism, now, instead, in the office...not so much fun!

I see that this women's section is full of possibilities. We might creat even a cosmetic section for antisweat eyeshades (maybe to be painted straight on the mask, since our faces are mostly in the dark)...and lipstick...

And wait for the beginning of a full discussion over panties...I have some problems in that department, too...

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Fencergrl

You find the washroom, undo your jacket, peel away your sweat soaked jacket, then your plastron, your barbi boobies, THEN you can finally pull down the straps of pants...

You do know there's a very simple solution to that, don't you?

Do not pull your braces (for americans: 'suspenders') up under your plastron and breast protection. Hey presto, visits to the loo simplified.

melihop · 09-13-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

You do know there's a very simple solution to that, don't you?

Do not pull your braces (for americans: 'suspenders') up under your plastron and breast protection. Hey presto, visits to the loo simplified.

but.. i guess neither of you have this problem! i have hips... and all the knickers i have tryed on are not made for hips so they are about the same size in the hips as in the waist... sooo.. if i get knickers that fit my hips. than they do not fit in the waste.. and without the straps they fall down!!!

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhanu

Where did you buy it? The discs, I mean. Hope they are nos something homemade using discarded DVDs.

Nope, they're not homemade. Good idea though, for the handy people.

Actually, I got them together with the first fencing jacket I bought (back in 1991).

You can buy them from allstar (Germany), they cost 5.80 €. I assume this is for the pair.

(Mine are the 1204 model.)

Allstar has a re-seller in Barcelona:

Es.Fid. SL
Daniel Sanchez / Tari Castell
Bertran 65
E-08023 Barcelona
Tel.+Fax +34 93 2112933
E-mail: daniesgrima@mixmail.com
www.allstar-esgrima.com

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by melihop

but.. i guess neither of you have this problem! i have hips... and all the knickers i have tryed on are not made for hips so they are about the same size in the hips as in the waist... sooo.. if i get knickers that fit my hips. than they do not fit in the waste.. and without the straps they fall down!!!

Oi! I didn't mean you shouldn't use your braces at all.

What I meant was of course that you pull your braces up over your plastron...

I am cursed with wide hips so trust me, I know. I have three pairs of breeches, of which one pair is men's cut.

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 05:42 PM

That means I have to THINK when I get dressed! Hard enough remembering to have everything else put on.... Raise your hands, how many of you forget to put your boobies or cord on, then remember after your jacket???

Usually I wear my breeches and t-shirt to the tourney. When I get ready to fence, I put on my body cord, breast protection, plastron and jacket.

I strip these four items off during breaks.

Having clips on my breeches makes my bathroom breaks and laundering easier.

I too have curvy hips and need the suspenders... why can't they truly make gear to fit the female form???

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhanu

Where did you buy it? The discs, I mean. Hope they are nos something homemade using discarded DVDs.

That is too funny! Zilver too! How appropriate! Although the holes in the middle could make for some painful hits.... ouch!

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fencergrl

That means I have to THINK when I get dressed!

Come on, you're a woman -- you can do it!

Or, as Nike (the sporting goods company) would have put it:

"Dyke, just do it!"

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen

Come on, you're a woman -- you can do it!

Or, as Nike (the sporting goods company) would have put it:

"Dyke, just do it!"

Geez.... I mention my husband a zillion times... a have ONE FAKE (emphasis on fake) and I get labelled a DYKE!!! Man oh man... Zilver... the roast thread is that-a-way! LOL

Zilverzmurfen · 09-13-2005, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Fencergrl

Geez.... I mention my husband a zillion times... a have ONE FAKE (emphasis on fake) and I get labelled a DYKE!!! Man oh man... Zilver... the roast thread is that-a-way! LOL

Oooh, chill...

I know your "lesbian love interest" is a fake one since you have mentioned that too about a zillion times. And I know you're married (to a man). I really was only trying to be funny...

Ouch no, not the roast thread, nooooooooooo...argh!

swordwench · 09-13-2005, 05:59 PM

This is just too funny.

The peeing thing is definitely an issue for all of us. Half the time, even in a tournament, I don't bother pulling up my suspenders - I tuck them back into my pants. (I should just hack them off - they don't really keep my pants up anyway. Is there an actual rule on this?) I loosen the thong-thing on the jacket, unzip the knickers, and yank down hard - and also yank the body cord and thong-thing to the side, out of the way, as I sidle my butt onto the loo. It takes practice, but I don't have to strip it all off. Just be sure to keep the body cord OUT of the toilet.

When I do foil, all bets are off, because my lame gets in the way because ITS thong is not at all stretchy. Got to strip it all off, and it's really hard to get back on, drenched in sweat.

Years ago, when I was doing a lot of backpacking and cross-country skiing, I actually bought this little plastic THING that you could just shove into your underwear, then pee. Bought it from some outdorrsman catalog or other. One end was sort of cupped, and then it had a long appendage shape that you'd aim away - like men do.

It was a weird thing, really awkward, but it sort of worked, and I never had to remove all my stuff to pee in the woods. I used to call it my prosthetic pen!s. If I still have it around the house somewhere, I'll try it with fencing and report back here. I probably threw it out a long time ago.

BTW, FG - if you wear underarmour instead of a t-shirt under all this gear, the sweat really doesn't stay in the fabric. That's the point of the stuff - to get it off your skin, but it doesn't stay there. It then gets trapped by the plastic chest protector. Ewwww.

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by swordwench

BTW, FG - if you wear underarmour instead of a t-shirt under all this gear, the sweat really doesn't stay in the fabric. That's the point of the stuff - to get it off your skin, but it doesn't stay there. It then gets trapped by the plastic chest protector. Ewwww.

WRONG! It is an under armour t-shirt

It does soak it up! I don't have pools of sweat in my plastic boobies really I don't... sniff... all these mean rumours... pools of sweat... dyke comments.... lesbian lush... sniff.... that's it.... I'm poking you all with my epee....

first where did I leave my Zorro mask so I can avenge my honour properly?

Dhanu · 09-13-2005, 06:33 PM

What about standing-up peeing? I tried twice, years ago, & learnt that actually it is not that difficult. Just a matter of advancing the hips & waxing, or at least trimming, your pubic hair (otherwise the waterfall can be diverted into inconvenient directions: like straight into your feet, as I had the chance to experience).

Fencergrl · 09-13-2005, 08:48 PM

I do stand-up pee... outdoors (camping and hiking etc... silly not street corners).... and I have great aim which is more than I can say for many of the men I know... However, m'dear how do you suppose I do this if you can't get your pants off? Or are you talented enough to shift your hips enough and aim out of the fly? Not something I would be brave enough to try in whites.....