Mask Padding

[Morale Officer]

I was curious if it was legal to add a little bit of padding to the inside of my mask? I'm not talking about putting on full face padding or whatever, just adding a bit of foam inside on the tang (?) where it 'cuts' me a little bit (I've kinda got a funky shaped head lol) on the top of my head. The mask isn't too tight, I'm just a 'sensitive' woman (lol) and just the weight of my mask gets a little bothersome.

[SJCFU#2]

Yes, so long as it doesn't adversely affect the structural integrity of the mask.

[Purple Fencer]

Not a problem at all...you;re not doing anything to the safety aspect, nor is it giving you an unfair advantage.

We had a kid at SwordPlay who was small for his age...for the longest time he had a 2 inch thick block of foam in the top of his mask to help the fit...took him about three years to finally grow into the mask and lose the foam.

[Morale Officer]

Thanks for the replies!

We had a kid at SwordPlay who was small for his age...for the longest time he had a 2 inch thick block of foam in the top of his mask to help the fit...took him about three years to finally grow into the mask and lose the foam.

Oh...poor kid.

[Purple Fencer]

Thanks for the replies!

Oh...poor kid.

Actually no....the foam block was a perfect solution to the size issue..there was never any shifting or bouncing around to distract him, and he turned into a pretty tough fencer.

Heh....it also made it easy to spot him from behind if you didn't see the back of his lame!

He fences for UC San Diego now....but I have a hard time thinking of him in college!!

[SabreReedfrost]

i have a question, though- i got a new mask last week, and, no matter how i adjust it, it's extraordinarily loud. at least twice so as my old one, and they are both from AF and both the same models... any way i can fix this?

[Cookeit]

i have a question, though- i got a new mask last week, and, no matter how i adjust it, it's extraordinarily loud. at least twice so as my old one, and they are both from AF and both the same models... any way i can fix this?

loud?

[SabreReedfrost]

i don't know... the sound waves resonate better or something. it just sounds like twice as loud as my old mask. i don't know why or how i can stop it. (other than parrying five 24/7)

[stillchris]

i have a question, though- i got a new mask last week, and, no matter how i adjust it, it's extraordinarily loud. at least twice so as my old one, and they are both from AF and both the same models... any way i can fix this?

I would think that a hard(er) part of the mask is contacting a hard(er) part of your head and conducting through bone to the ear. Find the contact points and pad them. I would think that should work to reduce the apparent loudness of the sound.