Weapons Cemetary

[Sabress]

Hey all, I'm starting up a fencing weapons cemetary. Yes, you heard right. A place to remember a loved one (as in blades).
I have the foundations put down, as in the site is here, but it just needs content, and I suppose I can only do it though publicity so here I am! Visit my site! hehe......oh dear...o_0
Well this is the site:

<a href="http://www.geocities.com/ilikefencing" target="_blank">www.geocities.com/ilikefencing</a>

I hope this gets some sort of interest to it. Mostly for humour purposes. There's going to be a wounds gallery too, so if you have any good shiners, send them though . Okay, this is it for my rave. Take care!

*:Sabress:*

<img src="graemlins/dunce.gif" border="0" alt="[Dunce]" /> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ilikefencing" target="_blank">Weapons Cemetary</a>

[escrime chick]

Omg I wish I had taken pics. of my old broken blade, but I threw it before I got my digital camera... <sigh> And if you want to start a wounds gallery, you'd better be prepared for some non-G-rated material, lol... my best ones are usually welts on the butt: either from stepping in to a flick in foil, or from fencing sabre with foilists who can't seem to find the valid target, lol... Although there was that black eye I had... lol, but that wasn't really from fencing... one of my teammates hit me in the face w/ a frisbee

[Inquartata]

Foil blades in two parts, held together only by the wire...epee blades bent at right angles ( that still work! )...sabre blades in fishhook shapes ( bent by owner in a snit over losing a bout )...epee blades broken on one side of the fuller but intact on the other side...but alas, no photos...

[Methix]

My best break was a foil I had. On top of being a great weapon, it was also a graduation present from a good friend of mine. Flesched one day at Nat. Qualifiers (I think) got the touch and snapped. But it went down fighting!! Alas, I too have no photos.

I also had a foil that broke down one side, but the other side was intact. Since it wasn't a very big break and it was under the tape, it went unnoticed and we kept fencing with it (teammate was using it against me) for a few more touches, until I finally said "Let me see if I can straighten that out a bit" and realized it was broken. Thankfully, she was still a fairly new fencer and I didn't get hit at all in those few touches.

[its_me_mango]

i've only broken two blades, one during a lesson and one during a bout - one epee and one foil