Team Socks

[Engfoil]

Hi,
I'm the captain of the varsity fencing team at my univeristy and we are looking at getting a set of team socks. The school's colors are red, blue, and yellow. We were thinking of getting all three colors in a band on the cuff of the sock while leaving the rest of the sock white. Anyone have any ideas where I could get these socks custom made?

Thanks!

[Mergs]

Check with your athletic department. They usually have contracts set up with suppliers. It makes it easier to do that rather than trying to get a new vendor set up. Good luck.

[Eileen]

If you can't find a custom sock maker you could use a colored "garter" (more like simple ribbed elastic) to wear the the top of your socks which will look like a band at the top of your socks.

You might be able to find some at a craft store or cloth store, though it may be hard to find them in all the colors you want.

[engardemisami]

Anybody out there use soccer socks for fencing? They are available in a lot of different color bands or the whole sock itself from yellow to black. Now and then I see soccer nike socks on sale for $5 for 2 pairs.

[Gav]

I don't use footbal sock myself but I've seen plenty of people use them successfully. If they're cheaper then why not?

[D'Artagnan1673]

Buy a lot of the Triplette socks, they are my favorite and their cheap. Then get them coloured.

[lochinvar]

There are several sports team clothing suppliers out there who specialize in team apparel. An easy way to go about it would be to do a search on Google (or some other search engine) for "soccer socks"; you should get a decent number of hits, and then start looking at sites.

I wear soccer (football, for you non-US people) socks; they're relatively inexpensive, come in different colors, and hold up well. Another inexpensive option for a solid-color sock would be football (that's American football) socks, which you can usually get from the same suppliers as soccer socks.

Good luck.

[counter riposte]

I have seen some fencing teams use two different colored football socks to indicate thier team in competition. One red, one black. You could do the same, one blue sock, one yellow, with a red band on the top of each to indicate your school.

Could work, and would be cheaper than having them custom made.

[lochinvar]

Sounds like a workable plan...only I'd go for one red sock and one blue with yellow bands at the top of both. (Personal preference.)

[JEC]

Our salle (salle pouj) uses two soccer socks, one with a thick red band and another with a black band.

[three_hundred_fifty_five]

I would suggest skipping on the socks. You have a university team with an ever changing group of members. Just get patches or arm bands. Then, you won't have problems searching for replacement socks in the future.

[lochinvar]

Hey, I know...socks and matching arm bands!

I like it...

Anyway, if you buy stock designs and you always buy from the same supplier, it shouldn't be hard finding the same socks year after year.

After all, it's not like soccer, football, baseball, etc. are going to suddenly stop buying and wearing colored socks...and as long as they wear them, we can ride their coattails.

[slosher]

Do you know anyplace that does custom designed soccer socks? Got thinking for a while and a pair of black socks with a flame imprint would be pretty striking.

[achilleus]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by slosher:
<strong>Do you know anyplace that does custom designed soccer socks? Got thinking for a while and a pair of black socks with a flame imprint would be pretty striking.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">The Cal Tech team in So Cal has just that, black socks and a flame imprint. Striking isn't the word for it, then again, one of them also wears a cape as a warm-up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

So, the socks you seek are out there, you don't need to get them custom made, just find them.

[Purple Fencer]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">The Cal Tech team in So Cal has just that, black socks and a flame imprint. Striking isn't the word for it, then again, one of them also wears a cape as a warm-up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">She's a nice kid...it's just a quirk. She's no more unbalanced than ANYONE coming from CalTech!

Actually, It;s not he that you need to watch out for...it's my buddy who tends to take to the air a lot, in all three weapons! (Abe...you're supposed to lunge OUT, not up!)

[Inquartata]

What I want to know is where to get WHITE socks. Long enough for fencing, with NO colors, NO logos, No stripes, NO "Adidas" blazoned across them, just plain, old, unadorned, vanilla white socks...

[achilleus]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Inquartata:
<strong>What I want to know is where to get WHITE socks. Long enough for fencing, with NO colors, NO logos, No stripes, NO "Adidas" blazoned across them, just plain, old, unadorned, vanilla white socks...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Most sporting goods stores should have white socks with no logos, if it's that important to you.

I think mine are made by Wigwam...

[It]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Inquartata:
<strong>What I want to know is where to get WHITE socks. Long enough for fencing, with NO colors, NO logos, No stripes, NO "Adidas" blazoned across them, just plain, old, unadorned, vanilla white socks...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sears, T-shirt outlet stores, Nordstrom, almost anywhere, Heck even a local swap-meet. Just get them in large or X even XX if you have to.

[lochinvar]

It, the problem is that men's athletic fashion has moved away from over-the-calf tube socks; everyone carries ankle socks these days. Where you used to be able to find long socks at any K-Mart, Walmart, etc., they're scarce nowadays--at least, they're scarce in the sizes I need, which is Big-n-Tall.

Inquartata, try the link below. They sell Wigwam socks in the 13-16 size, which do well for me.

<a href="http://www.chockcatalog.com/cgi-bin/prog/store?cart_id=4800720_17372&refer_id=&page=747.cp" target="_blank">http://www.chockcatalog.com/cgi-bin/prog/store?cart_id=4800720_17372&refer_id=&page=747.cp</a>

[achilleus]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Helvetica, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Originally posted by Purple Fencer:
<strong>[QUOTE]She's a nice kid...it's just a quirk. She's no more unbalanced than ANYONE coming from CalTech!

Actually, It;s not he that you need to watch out for...it's my buddy who tends to take to the air a lot, in all three weapons! (Abe...you're supposed to lunge OUT, not up!)</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Yeah, I know him, however the guy from Cal Tech I watch out for is Cedric.