Made anything out of old fencing parts before?

[fencingiraffe]

I made some earings out of broken epee tips.

has anyone else used their fencing stuff for other purposes?

[bigdawg2121]

Umm, I know some people that have made jewelry like you did. Alex Beguinet has used old fencing equipment for decorations, or melted down blades for shim holders etc. Apparently some portions of old weapons are useful for less than legal activities as well.

[fencergal33]

Rudy Volkmann has a really cool umbrella where the handle is actually a sabre guard.

[Josephine25]

My brother makes letter openers out of broken blades.

[Black Jeebus]

I hear tell the USFA once built a fencer out of spare parts left over from Olympians. His name is Fence-O-Tron 5000, or Dan Kellner...

[Black Jeebus]

Rudy Volkmann has a really cool umbrella where the handle is actually a sabre guard.

Oh and I agree that's really cool/funny!

[Zilverzmurfen]

I made some earings out of broken epee tips.

Pictures, we want pictures!
Well, at least I do.

[Mr Epee]

Sure...

Broken Blades make great Hot Dog roasters... leave the handle and guard intact and you've even got a heat shield for your hands.

Be the envy of your camp-fire.

[D'Art]

But, Mr Epee, you can get more marshmallows on a broken blade than you can hot dogs......

[fencingfrog]

duh. daggers out of broken foils. or is that too obvious to even count?

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!


Not sure if this counts, but I have seen a gal using old epee guards instead of the plastic hubcaps to put in her protector packets of her jacket.


Have a nice time!

Peter Gustafsson

[Zilverzmurfen]

...I have seen a gal using old epee guards instead of the plastic hubcaps to put in her protector packets of her jacket.

Ouch!

[Mauler]

I've seen a broken Foil (with everything attached) jammed into wooden floor of a certain Sabre coach's office. Its main use: ashtray for those sitting on the couch. The desk also has an Epee guard which serves as an ashtray for the said coach.

That's just about the extent of his regard for Foil and Epee.

[swordwench]

Broken blades make good garden stakes. God, I am too domestic.

[Fencergrl]

You want domestic??? How about using a broken blade to push stuck items out of the vacuum cleaner hose!

[oiuyt]

I've seen a broken Foil (with everything attached) jammed into wooden floor of a certain Sabre coach's office. Its main use: ashtray for those sitting on the couch.

You'd think the bellpad would cause some problems with this use... (or at least that this use would cause some problems with the bellpad). :)

-B

[MyrddinsPrecint]

You'd think the bellpad would cause some problems with this use... (or at least that this use would cause some problems with the bellpad).

-B

y'know, i saw that you had posted in this thread, I really hoped that you were going to be saying "yes, an engagement ring"

[Amadeus]

one time i made a new foil out of two old foils.

[oiuyt]

y'know, i saw that you had posted in this thread, I really hoped that you were going to be saying "yes, an engagement ring"

No, sorry, no platinum, diamond, or sapphire fencing parts around here.

Although I suppose you could say I indirectly converted fencing knowledge and time into an engagement ring.

-B

[fencingfrog]

aaaaaaaah!

i forgot!!!

i used my old crappy glove for my art project: make a book about a word. the term 'book' is used very loosely, and one of my pages is the old glove. i cut myself trying to punch a hole in it, too. i guess it still worked.