04-12-2008, 10:57 PM
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| whacky national logos
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04-13-2008, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by carlos  My favorite is Congo's.
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The Rep. Demo du Congo looks like an epee guard with a crayon sticking out of it... | |
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04-13-2008, 04:21 PM
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| Odd how they seem to be alphabetized by English spelling rather than French, though the names are in French... | |
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04-13-2008, 07:36 PM
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| France's just looks so sexy  What's the meaning of these logos anyways?
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04-13-2008, 08:56 PM
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04-13-2008, 09:12 PM
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| I will step away from my "theocracy is bad" mentality for a moment to say that Israel's logo is pretty awesome.
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04-13-2008, 10:08 PM
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| The Thai one is my favourite | |
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04-13-2008, 11:06 PM
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| Some of these appear to be patches. Wouldn't sewing things onto FIE equipment compromsie the integrity of the material?
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04-13-2008, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Warrior Princess Some of these appear to be patches. Wouldn't sewing things onto FIE equipment compromsie the integrity of the material? | You mean like the patches the manufacturers sew on?
Or the way pieces of fabric are sewn together to turn them into clothing?
Adding a patch shouldn't affect the strength of the fabric. The needle will go through by pushing the threads out of the way, not by cutting them.
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04-13-2008, 11:40 PM
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| I wonder if some of us could convince the FIE to let Texas have its own logo... | |
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04-14-2008, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFire X5 I wonder if some of us could convince the FIE to let Texas have its own logo... | Like this? ("borrowed" from wikipedia)
Might be difficult to print well....
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04-14-2008, 12:24 AM
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| I really like the Hong Kong one! | |
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04-14-2008, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Warrior Princess Some of these appear to be patches. Wouldn't sewing things onto FIE equipment compromsie the integrity of the material? | The patches are handy. You can order what you need from your fencing organization. You don't have to send your kit out to have something printed on.
Edit: I was going to link to the CFF page where you can buy the patches... so even you could pretend to be Canadian... but they've changed that part of the site.
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04-14-2008, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Like this? ("borrowed" from wikipedia)
Might be difficult to print well.... | Either something like that, maybe without the ripples, or a wavy Texas flag down the legs.
Heck, I'm not going to be fencing internationally any time soon, maybe I'll just design one myself and get it put on. | |
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04-14-2008, 09:10 AM
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| I was quite partial to the one for Ireland.
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Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I can't think of anything to put down there! |  | |
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04-14-2008, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by IHateMrPotatohead I was quite partial to the one for Ireland. | *beams*
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04-14-2008, 10:04 AM
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| Interesting that the foil on Iran's logo seems to have an illegal grip. Wonder if it's also a cunningly disguised centrifuge for enriching uranium. | |
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04-14-2008, 10:36 AM
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04-14-2008, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by wbowman Interesting that the foil on Iran's logo seems to have an illegal grip. Wonder if it's also a cunningly disguised centrifuge for enriching uranium. | Looks like Gardere. I guess it's legal over there, not sure if it's FIE legal.
The Suede (SWE) person looks seriously too skinny...
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04-14-2008, 11:59 AM
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| Yeah, I really, really like the new Ireland logo.
My name _sounds_ Irish, maybe I should get one anyway.  Quote:
Originally Posted by sionnach *beams*
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