12-13-2007, 08:23 PM
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| Non-fencing related uses for fencing equipment
I was just thinking (which is a very dangerous thing for me to do) about all of the various things I've used fencing equipment for that had absolutely nothing to do with the sport.
Example: I once used a very old mask as a sieve to clean carburetor parts. And an ex-gf once suggested using a soft plastic sabre handle as a...well, never mind that detail.
So those of you out there who have read this...any creative uses for fencing equipment?
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12-13-2007, 10:32 PM
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| Broken saber blades make excellent tomato plant stakes.
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12-13-2007, 10:38 PM
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| I sometimes use my fencing mask as a stylish hat, and where it to the discotech.
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12-13-2007, 10:49 PM
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| Skewer for Santa Maria Barbeque!
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12-13-2007, 10:51 PM
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| I use my old leather Santelli glove for archery. (The glove's fine, I just had to stop using it because it didn't have a hole for the bodychord and I kept getting yelled at at tournaments).
I heard the Duke fencing club (at least I think it was Duke... may have been Princeton or Yale) uses them for light fixtures.
A friend of mine used my chest protector for part of her halloween costume (to enhance her 'chest').
Some of my friends and I figured out how to turn old stipped tips into charms for our bracelets.
I know a woman that makes purses out of old masks.
Hmm... that's all I can think of right now.
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12-13-2007, 11:29 PM
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| Once upon a time when they were teenagers some of my friends used pistol grips instead of pipes.
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12-14-2007, 07:12 PM
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdawg2121  Once upon a time when they were teenagers some of my friends used pistol grips instead of pipes. |
LOL,  Must have been those "bong grips".
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12-14-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Capt. Slo-mo Broken saber blades make excellent tomato plant stakes. | that's exactly what I do with old foil blades.
I heard a story (here on f.net?) of somebody who had some concrete to lay down, and used old broken blades to embed in it as rebar.
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12-14-2007, 07:37 PM
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| I want to buy a pistol grip and retrofit a laser pointer into it.
Or maybe one of those retractable steel pointers, instead.
Also: I want take an old fencing sword, cut about 2-2.5 feet out of the blade, and have the ends sticking out of nice, wooden bookends.
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12-17-2007, 09:45 AM
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| I like the book end idea, Rabid.
I guess this probably counts as fencing related, but when I'm holding my epee, I'll use it to flick lightswitches. good practice.
broken blades can also make nice knives or tools with a bit of forging then heat treating. | |
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12-17-2007, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Nolano I like the book end idea, Rabid.
I guess this probably counts as fencing related, but when I'm holding my epee, I'll use it to flick lightswitches. good practice.
broken blades can also make nice knives or tools with a bit of forging then heat treating. | Oh, that's great. I'd like to see someone do that.
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12-18-2007, 02:18 PM
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| Had a club mate use one of the pvc tubes as a crutch after a lunge-related fall/injury.
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12-21-2007, 01:46 PM
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| Once upon a time I went to (master) Daniel Nevot's house. He was using old masks for bird feeders.
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12-25-2007, 03:38 AM
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| Old masks as Spaghetti strainers..
Get rid of the bib first, though.... | |
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12-25-2007, 05:02 AM
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| Hi!
Fist one to post of a non-fencing use of tip components F/E other than weight spring, which they have done themselves, gets rep!
Happy Christmas!
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12-25-2007, 02:24 PM
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| Using the contact spring from an epee, I once replaced an old spring in a ball point pen.
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12-25-2007, 05:37 PM
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| Hi! Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnoyingEpeeGuy Using the contact spring from an epee, I once replaced an old spring in a ball point pen. | Contact spring???
Sure that it was not the weight spring?
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12-26-2007, 05:01 PM
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| I covered my chest protector with foil too make a armor for a Halloween costume.
I used all my stuff to make it look like there was someone in my brothers bed (masks make great heads)
foil are great to turn purse handles with wile sewing.
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12-30-2007, 05:52 PM
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| I use a practice foil to get clogs out of the vacuum cleaner hose, get the toy mice out from under the sofa and (of course) attach a shoe lace & use it as a cat toy. | |
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12-31-2007, 01:46 AM
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| I have used broken epee blades to straigthen palms growing "canted".
To TheNakedSword,
Have you seen the LP epee french grips?
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