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10-19-2007, 10:40 AM
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#1 | | Admin
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| Lightweight Lame + Plastic Chest Guards
Are any fencers or armorers seeing issues with lightweight style lames being punctured in foil when the fencer (male or female) is also using a plastic chest guard under the jacket?
I'm curious to see if there is a problem there and, if so, what commonalities there are.
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10-19-2007, 03:25 PM
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| Do you mean Xenas, Hubcaps, Manplates or all/some? | |
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10-19-2007, 05:34 PM
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| Mainly manplates and xenas. | |
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10-20-2007, 02:32 PM
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| Luis Ramos, some other so cal guys
Wear the man plates. Take them away and you have easily beatable fencers. They've made a science about "fencing" with those.
If a hit will register on anything else but not on those then perhaps it is simply bad form...no?
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10-22-2007, 12:12 PM
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| Ah, back on topic, a fencer in our club used the man plate and the Absolute light weight lame, and it did punture over time. I believe he had it for about three months of fencing four to five days a week before he could no longer use it. He's since stopped using the man plate. | |
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10-22-2007, 12:29 PM
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#6 | | Yes We Did
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by flyingfencer  Ah, back on topic, a fencer in our club used the man plate and the Absolute light weight lame, and it did punture over time. I believe he had it for about three months of fencing four to five days a week before he could no longer use it. He's since stopped using the man plate. | Good, serves him right. | |
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10-22-2007, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA Good, serves him right. | Well actually, he was using it for some added protection for medical reasons. He's an older fencer with some surgical scars for which the chest protector offered better protection. Also, he doesn't fence competitively anymore; so, it was unlikely he would have used it in a tournament for any kind of competitive advantage. | |
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