Sabre mask problems

[Shi no Tenshi]

Our club electric sabre masks have one very large problem: If you get hit in the mask, they make your ears ring so badly that you can't hear anything for the next couple minutes, and it tends to be painful.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this problem? We would like to be able to fence sabre without making our ears eventually bleed.

[Inquartata]

I doubt that this will work with stainless steel masks, but with steel helmets it often helps to attach a small magnet to the inside. Worth a try, I suppose.

Of course, there's always Ralph Faulkner's observation: "That wouldn't happen if you'd parry".

[Purple Fencer]

"That wouldn't happen if you'd parry".

Beat me to it!!

[bobb121]

Out of curiosity which brand mask are your club using and how old are they. I don't seem to have this problem on my LP FIE mask, or my Zivkovic FIE Mask. It could me that the quality of alloy that is used with the particular brand you are using is the culprit. Also you could teach people to not treat the sabre as though it were a club. You shouldn't try and break the blade on the mask. that's excessive force.

How that this helps.

[Purple Fencer]

It could also be an LP X-Change mask...those ring pretty good!

[oiuyt]

Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this problem? We would like to be able to fence sabre without making our ears eventually bleed.

Easy.

Put the mask on, then have a clubmate wrap a couple of yards of cloth around your entire head. Should deaden any impact you might receive.

Wait, sorry, wrong thread.

-B

[fencerbill]

Closed cell flexible foam, about a quarter or half an inch thick. A width about the distance from the band between the front and back to the back edge. A length about the distance along the inside of the mask from ear hole to ear hole. Push it in between the back strap and the inside of the mesh. You may have to tack it in with some stitches. You may also want to put a separate piece up inside the forehead. Both moderates some of the ringing and insulates from the effects of the ringing.

[Shi no Tenshi]

Of course, there's always Ralph Faulkner's observation: "That wouldn't happen if you'd parry".

Yeah, figured I'd get at least 3 of those comments, only got 2...

I'll give some of those a shot, I honestly don't remember what brand they are, they are club masks. I know they've gotten more than a bit of gear from Triplette, so that very well could be the source.

Looking for a fairly permanent solution though, rather than something we'd have to do every time we put it on. No screaming mask rippers in our club, but still.