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06-19-2007, 11:09 AM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
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| Storefront in Chicago I'm visiting Chicago in the begining of July and was wondering if any fencing suplyer has a storefront anywhere in the area? |
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06-19-2007, 12:11 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pacoima, ca USA
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Originally Posted by Atreus I'm visiting Chicago in the begining of July and was wondering if any fencing suplyer has a storefront anywhere in the area? | Not that I know of....the closest actual vendor to Chicago is Swordmasters.... but they're in Louisiana.
The majority of the vendors are back east with a smaller number of us in California. |
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06-19-2007, 12:16 PM
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#3 | | Mère de 3 escrimeurs
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out west in the mountains
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Originally Posted by Atreus I'm visiting Chicago in the begining of July and was wondering if any fencing suplyer has a storefront anywhere in the area? | You might check with the clubs out there. Our club and one of the other clubs in out area do keep some stock on hand of the basics and we put together weapons on site.
__________________ " ... or spend fifty years learning to begin to learn to beat your adversary at fencing. After that you can start on mathematics, until it is time to learn to plough.” White, T.H. The Once and Future King (emphasis added) |
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06-19-2007, 04:44 PM
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#4 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northwest Indiana
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| Chicago Seller Mike Czarnik is a local distributor of American Fencing Supply out of his house in Arlington Hts, IL |
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06-19-2007, 07:22 PM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
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| Purple, that "Choose yer weapon, Laddie (or: Dude, where's my foil?)" was a great read for a noob like me. I have another thread about equipment for novice competitions and that actually answered most questions. very helpfull  |
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06-19-2007, 08:57 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Atreus Purple, that "Choose yer weapon, Laddie (or: Dude, where's my foil?)" was a great read for a noob like me. I have another thread about equipment for novice competitions and that actually answered most questions. very helpfull  | Thanks! That's what i wrote it for!! |
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