10-07-2005, 12:48 AM
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| Personal touches
I've only been fencing a year and a half, and I've noticed that some of the fencers I've come across felt it neccesary to personalize one or two items of their gear. This varies from fencer to fencer, one person has a yellow striped grip on his foil, a few have decorated their gloves (one guy even scrawled a pentagram on his). Have any of you ever been compelled to add a personal touch to your glove, jacket, etc? I doubt its competition legal, but still. Just wondering.
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10-07-2005, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by JackOfHearts I've only been fencing a year and a half, and I've noticed that some of the fencers I've come across felt it neccesary to personalize one or two items of their gear. This varies from fencer to fencer, one person has a yellow striped grip on his foil, a few have decorated their gloves (one guy even scrawled a pentagram on his). Have any of you ever been compelled to add a personal touch to your glove, jacket, etc? I doubt its competition legal, but still. Just wondering. | \
Most of the time it's an identifyer...when everyone dresses in white, you need SOMETHING to tell your gear from everyone elses.
'Course, there IS that one guy in Orange Coast who has his name on the back of his jacket....in red....in Klingon letters...he dumped the Padawan learner braid, tho. | |
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10-07-2005, 12:53 AM
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| There's actually a lot of customization that can be done that is also legal for tournaments. Lots of people add color to their uniforms in one way or another. I've never been one to bother except for the occasional pair of colored socks.
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10-07-2005, 12:58 AM
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| I had a sticker on the back of my mask that says, "Beware of the girl with sword". 
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10-07-2005, 01:06 AM
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| I at one point had "Born to Kill" written on my mask's bib with peace signs drawn next to it.
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10-07-2005, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by akaiyuki I had a sticker on the back of my mask that says, "Beware of the girl with sword". | Hrm... That's kind of a turn on, actually. 
Personally, I have the kanji for Ni Ten on my glove. I quoted Miyamoto Musashi on a different thread, so you know where I got that from. But it has another personal meaning for me.
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10-07-2005, 01:37 AM
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| I have the black and white Adidas Stabil 5s, but I took several perminant markers to them. Other than that, I have socks that say "UMass" on them, and a Prise de Fer FC patch on my back shoulder. I have "Thanatos" written in greek lettering on my old mask, but I don't use it anymore. | |
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10-07-2005, 01:42 AM
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| Heh... there are four people in the province I live that have my last name. All of us are related and on good terms, so writing my last name on my stuff with a Sharpie is all the ID my kit needs. 
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10-07-2005, 12:07 PM
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| I have a smiley face patch on the back arm of my fencing jacket and fruity designs on my bell pads. Think tiger stripes and pink leopard prints.
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10-07-2005, 12:09 PM
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| I've got pictures of bikini girls on my bell pads.
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10-07-2005, 12:20 PM
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| One of my students made some PVC epee sheath covers for me that are pretty distinctive. Black cloth with gold patterns and gold braid going around them. Kinda gaudy but no one mistakes them for anyone elses. Our club has a "color" of socks that we wear and all my kit has my name on it somewhere, including my puffy leather bell pads. That is about it. At one point I had a mask that had a venom face on it. That was kinda cool, but I decided keeping it looking cool (touch up paint after every tourney or so) was more trouble than it was worth and about every other tourney some knucklehead referee gave me grief over it. If I am ever at a tourney that I know Inq will be at I am going to tie dye all my gear, paint Rene Roch's face on my mask (after putting Xmas lights inside of it) and follow Inq around everywhere he goes telling everyone I pass I am with the grumpy saber fencer...
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10-07-2005, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! I've got pictures of bikini girls on my bell pads. |
niiiiice I guess that beats the "guardian angel" sticker I have on the back of my helmet. Although, the guardian angel does work-- I've been fencing for three years and haven't been killed once | |
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10-07-2005, 12:28 PM
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| I travel a lot, so I fence at different clubs. I decided that isntead of putting a club patch on, I'd put one for my favorite punk band, Flogging Molly. 
Also, a fencer named Walt Dragonetti had his mask airbrushed to look like a dragon's head. Even the bib. It was pretty hot.
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10-07-2005, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RebelFencer I at one point had "Born to Kill" written on my mask's bib with peace signs drawn next to it. |
MFJ fan, huh? You should have taped a few bullets to the side of it.
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10-07-2005, 12:32 PM
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| The title of this thread "personal touches" makes it sound a little dirty.
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10-07-2005, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! The title of this thread "personal touches" makes it sound a little dirty. | And this thread has officially jumped the shark
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10-07-2005, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DFP The title of this thread "personal touches" makes it sound a little dirty. | That's just cause you're an oversexed youngster.
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10-07-2005, 01:46 PM
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| I'm too lazy to put any stickers on my stuff, or draw anything, but everyone in our club wears one white sock (front leg) and one black sock (off leg) to make us look "cluby" One guy drew all sorts of crap on his knickers, like kanji and daggers and stuff, but we just make fun of him for it. I'm considering getting a Stewy patch from Family Guy on my jacket.  | |
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10-07-2005, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Li'l Bebe I'm too lazy to put any stickers on my stuff, or draw anything, but everyone in our club wears one white sock (front leg) and one black sock (off leg) to make us look "cluby" One guy drew all sorts of crap on his knickers, like kanji and daggers and stuff, but we just make fun of him for it. I'm considering getting a Stewy patch from Family Guy on my jacket. | That would be awesome. I've thought about adding Trogdor the Burninator to mine as well.
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10-07-2005, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Jeebus That's just cause you're an undersexed youngster.
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