04-23-2008, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapier_wit  I don't know how much help I'll be since I'm fairly small | yeah, i'm on the smaller side as well. but since you're asking, i'm really fond of Champion sports bras, with racer backs. i play soccer, and they don't allow any weird jiggling or slipping during hard contact.
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04-25-2008, 05:34 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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| Actually, I'm curious...I've found these sports bra that actually have fencing chest protectors built into them. However, I've never actually seen anyone with them. Does anyone here have any experience with them? Or they any better/worse that just wearing a plain chest protector? | 
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04-25-2008, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapier_wit Actually, I'm curious...I've found these sports bra that actually have fencing chest protectors built into them. However, I've never actually seen anyone with them. Does anyone here have any experience with them? Or they any better/worse that just wearing a plain chest protector? | I've heard of/seen them...I'm told that they don't work at all cuase the breast is smashed in when hit 
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04-26-2008, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Sword Hobbit I've heard of/seen them...I'm told that they don't work at all cuase the breast is smashed in when hit | I've a clubmate who uses it and she's told me nothing of the sort -- it's a breast protector, see? Though it could be that your friends breast protector is a bad quality plastic or something, I don't know.
My friend uses a regular sports bra under the "bra breast protector" thing.
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04-26-2008, 07:13 AM
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| I'm flat-chested, so much so that my chest protector makes sort of a hollow clunk sound when it's hit. D:
Luckily... Just about any sportsbra off the rack smushes me down to nothing. Most of mine are Champion, as well, but I've totally gotten away with wearing normal bras without any bouncing. o_o | |
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04-26-2008, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyena I'm flat-chested, so much so that my chest protector makes sort of a hollow clunk sound when it's hit. D:
Luckily... Just about any sportsbra off the rack smushes me down to nothing. Most of mine are Champion, as well, but I've totally gotten away with wearing normal bras without any bouncing. o_o | Considering your listed age, this is really a TMI.
Back to original topic.
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04-26-2008, 03:32 PM
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04-27-2008, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson Hi!
Considering your listed age, this is really a TMI.
Back to original topic.
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07-20-2008, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyena I'm flat-chested, so much so that my chest protector makes sort of a hollow clunk sound when it's hit. D:
Luckily... Just about any sportsbra off the rack smushes me down to nothing. Most of mine are Champion, as well, but I've totally gotten away with wearing normal bras without any bouncing. o_o | Okay... I only just found this thread while searching for something else, but I am right there with you.
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07-20-2008, 10:45 PM
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i
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the sports bra
with the chest protector build in
link anyone?
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07-21-2008, 02:11 AM
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| Should be a rule...
If anyone over 18 and female starts their post with 'I have a big chest' then a pic should be posted...nudie optional.
Fatfencer the Brave
Lord Protectorate of the F.B.I.
Fatfencer's Breast Inspectors
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07-21-2008, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen | After the prurient interest in me followed the link, the engineer in me took over.
It appears to be impractical to put in the plastic shield from below with the bottom side up, and the to (presumably) rotate it. Also, putting plastic against skin would seem to be uncomfortable to me. OTOH, I am a person with Y-chromosomes, so I am quite possibly completely of the mark, in which the following should be disregarded.
If I am not completely wrong, let me forward an idea.
1. Affix a small (2 cm*2cm, maybe) part of rubberized magnet layer to the bra strap, on its outside. (I am thinking of the stuff that many thin fridge magnets are made of - dark grey, somewhat bendable, printable non-magnet surface.
2. Put the plastic shield in the right place, but outside the bra cup. Mark the spot on the inside of the plastic shield which is directly opposite to the magnet.
3. Glue a small Iron-Neodymium-Boron magnet to the inside of plastic shield on the marked spot.
4. Put the plastic shield in its right position outside the bra, the magnetic force should hold the plastic shield in place - easily.
5. Put on plastron and jacket as usual. The plastic shields stay in place, but you do not have that plastic-against-skin feeling.
Those magnets are seriously strong and can be bought in small sizes. If you put a iron plate the size&thickness of a coin between the two magnets, then you actually have to pull a bit to take them apart. (The Ebay listing that I took that pic from lists magnets - which are far too large for this use - at 15 $/10-pack. You can scrounge them from some toy sets. WARNING: The above should not be attempted if you have an artificial heart valve, or other surgery which left a metal object inside your thoracic cavity.
As an added benefit, you should be able to put small repair items (springs, tip screws. split washers, etc.) against the outside of your jacket - and they will stay there until you pull them off. Less stuff that get lost during those emergency at-competition repairs!
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07-21-2008, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Musicfencer DUDE
i
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with the chest protector build in
link anyone? | This is like a poem. I like it. Please make all of your posts in this manner in the future, and I will draw connections in them to things like death and communism. | |
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07-21-2008, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs This is like a poem. I like it. Please make all of your posts in this manner in the future, and I will draw connections in them to things like death and communism. | Large-breasted women
Extra support makes men sad
Fencing sacrifice
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07-21-2008, 01:15 PM
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| thank you!
Why
it is just my
random way of typing
pinnapple.
and NO i couldnt look it up
my lazyness got in the way
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We slide from top to bottom and we turn and climb again
And it seems by the time that i have figured what it's worth
The squeaking of our skin against the steel has gotten worse
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07-23-2008, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson Also, putting plastic against skin would seem to be uncomfortable to me. OTOH, I am a person with Y-chromosomes, so I am quite possibly completely of the mark... | Um, how many women do you actually think wear the chest protector next to the skin?! When I first saw this detail written in the rules, I laughed. Every female fencer I've ever seen wears the chest protector over their T-shirt. It wouldn't be comfortable .
So, guys you think you're tough... we're wearing a sports bra, T-shirt, chest protector (which doesn't breathe at all), plastron, jacket, and then (if you fence foil and/or sabre) a lame.
This is a good thread! Props to the person who started it.
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08-06-2008, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by whiteandbluefencer Um, how many women do you actually think wear the chest protector next to the skin?! When I first saw this detail written in the rules, I laughed. Every female fencer I've ever seen wears the chest protector over their T-shirt. It wouldn't be comfortable .
So, guys you think you're tough... we're wearing a sports bra, T-shirt, chest protector (which doesn't breathe at all), plastron, jacket, and then (if you fence foil and/or sabre) a lame.
This is a good thread! Props to the person who started it. | Yes. Props indeed.
Oh, wait... was I slow?
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