11-18-2007, 11:07 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Why would anyone be silly enough to name their weapon?!
I apologize if this topic has been used before; I couldn't get anything in search.
So am I the only one geeky enough to name my weapons/blades? I know some of the communal foils at school have nicknames (poor dead "Magic Elif Foil"...)
My school/teammates are the Commies (we're Commonwealth), so my epees are Che, Mao, and my new beauty Mariátegui (he's really a socialist, but close enough).
Also, do you think of your weapons as female or male? Mine are all men, obviously, despite the hip-shaped epee guard... | 
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11-18-2007, 11:28 AM
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#2 | | Posting Hound
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| That's hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
Not the fact that you name them, but what you name them.
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11-18-2007, 12:01 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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| I named my foils Tin and Aluminum.
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11-18-2007, 12:28 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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| I have "Old Faithful", but all the other ones are simply referred to by their blade brand, "The Paul", or the grip color, "Blue" "Green" "Silver", or a combination of the two. | |
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11-18-2007, 04:39 PM
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#5 | | Fence As Much As Possible
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| I call my old foil "Suicidy" b/c the nut usually comes loose doesn't work when I depress the tip.
Might just change the name to "EMO Kid". 
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11-18-2007, 04:51 PM
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#6 | | Scavenger
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| I call all my weapons "Spare Parts."
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11-18-2007, 04:53 PM
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#7 | | Posting Hound
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Originally Posted by Cry_Me_A_River  I call my old foil "Suicidy" b/c the nut usually comes loose doesn't work when I depress the tip.
Might just change the name to "EMO Kid". | haha! 
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11-18-2007, 05:52 PM
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| "Lucky one" , "Never Passes", "Always Has Something Wrong With It" and, "Pretty New One."
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11-18-2007, 06:19 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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| Mines simply "Mr. Pokey"
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11-18-2007, 06:23 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| I have Lalindo, a translation of my name into elvish. I'm such a dweeb | |
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11-18-2007, 06:36 PM
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#11 | | Posting Hound
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Originally Posted by TangMan I have Lalindo, a translation of my name into elvish. I'm such a dweeb | .... 
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11-18-2007, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Neinteen .... | No, see... jawas are from that OTHER trilogy. | |
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11-18-2007, 07:08 PM
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#13 | | Posting Hound
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Originally Posted by TangMan No, see... jawas are from that OTHER trilogy. | ... 
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11-18-2007, 07:47 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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| I don't usually name things that will probably break on me one day. | |
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11-18-2007, 08:22 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Nolano I don't usually name things that will probably break on me one day. | What about, say, your children?
"Nah, kid, you don't get a name -- you might break." | |
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11-18-2007, 08:26 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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| If the kids break, then you're doing something wrong and a serious evaluation of your parenting skills is in order.
If the blades don't break, it means you're not hitting anyone. | |
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11-18-2007, 11:04 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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| I name my foils.
I even go one step further, and trace the lineage through the handle.
A new blade = *new name* successor to *previous name* etc.
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11-19-2007, 01:18 AM
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| I named my epee "thread on fencing.net" because it has a french grip and I post. 
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11-19-2007, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Katman I named my epee "thread on fencing.net" because it has a french grip and I post. | golden
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11-19-2007, 05:22 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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| I haven't named my weapon.
A number of girls have, though.
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