Poll: Favorite Brand

[chaosblade]

Just trying to see which company people find to be the best.

[telkanuru]

When will people realize this isn't a one-option thing...

[Inquartata]

Wait...are you saying that the poll is...?

[Rick Shellhouse]

Flawed??


at the bare minimum


R

[catwood1]

Its actually pretty funny. Right now, all most all of my gear is either BG or escrime...

[DangerMouse]

Scermasport

[PatrickPFC]

I don't see why PBT isn't on the list. Its a big vender.

[Kettch]

For foil:

Blades from BF
Tips and mask from FWF
Guards from Vniti
Body wire from Leon Paul
Jacket, breeches, lame, plastron from Allstar
Adistar 2004 shoes

[chaosblade]

You guys are all Leon Paul whores...

[PatrickPFC]

not me, i wear all PBT!

[Purple Fencer]

I wear an HOM glove....'course, I designed it....

[Morale Officer]

Um...let's see...BG (Jacket), TCA (11 year old knickers), Escrime (Jacket and lame), AF (Sabre mask and body cords), Santelli (My glove and foils), FdN (my sabres), LP (shoes), Zivkovic...I think that's it...of course, that about covers almost everyone! lol WAIT...no, forgot one! 3M! That's who makes the electrical tape that's holding my glove together!

[thisissparta514]

BG mask, one Allstar lame, one Kfir lame, a BF, an MC, and a Blade foil, Blade knickers, an Uhlmann jacket, some Hungarian brand for my plastron, Vniti guards, Uhlmann visconti grips, Adidas D'Art II's, Uhlmann body cords, Uhlmann Gripstar glove, Adidas socks.

[Stormbringer]

BG: mask, jacket, knickers, plastron, bag, handles (French grip), guards, sockets, pads, body cords

Prieur: blades (both FIE and non-FIE)

Uhlmann: glove

[Eejit]

Negrini: Uniform, Lame
Leon Paul: Mask
Vinity: Blades

Leon Paul does make some really nice uniforms, but I like the Negrini stuff better. I also really love the LP Xchanger Mask thing, so much airflow and the comfort fit system they use is defintiely superior to the traditional system.

[acarter]

When will people realize this isn't a one-option thing...

Exactly, it's not a one option thing. I have:
Triplette Whites (my next will be LP or Negrini)
Viniti blades and Bells - The best!
Uhlmann Grips
Triplette Epee sockets (w/ a little modificaiton)
FWF Foil sockets
LP and Prieur Epee cords
Favero Foil Cords
Leon Paul Mask (next will be the Exchange)
Leon Paul tips (Foil and Epee)
German Epee Contact Springs (cause LP's are too loose)
Hex Nuts (Absolute, cause LP's suck)
Triplette Ultralight Lame

As you can see I use a lot of Leon Paul stuff, but in some cases their products really don't work for me. Other than that I have a conglomeration of different brands. The only way to truly customize my weapons the way I want them was to get different stuff from different places.

[chaosblade]

When I made this post I really only had whites in mind. I probably should have made that clear, my apologies. I realize the electrical stuff isn't a one brand thing for most people. Which is why I only named a couple brands that I know are popular for their uniforms.

[ESLyon]

BG - jacket, plastron, pants (when they get here), glove, epee
STM - epee
Leon Paul - mask

Not nessecarily favorites, as I haven't tried everything, in fact what I have is basically all I have tried except for masks, but what I do have I think works well and will serve me for quite a while. Although I admit the LP mask makes me want to buy all their stuff.

[CvilleFencer]

I have a lot of different bits of gear, but for competition my layout is something like:

Shoes: 2008 Adistars or LP Scimitars depending on the floor
Uniform: LP or Escrime, depending on weather and the last time I did laundry...
Mask: LP Exchange (the best, I even broke down and got a black one for coaching as it is so much more comfortable than my older Uhlmann)
Cords: LP, with one Negrini
Glove: Uhlmann grippy or LP
Foil Lame: LP Ultralight
Saber Lame: Escrime INOX
Saber glove: LP 1 piece
Saber mask: LP
Epee: BF or LM blades with LP points, F.Net colored Titanium guards (on the LM blades) or LP ultralight guards (on the BF blades), modified LP ultralight sockets (I drill guide holes for the wire), Coach Reith grips, Schermasport 2 piece pommels and a LOT of tape and leather bell pad.
Foils: Vniti blades with mostly LP points (1 screwless and 1 Next Gen Uhlmann), Vniti xl guard, LP or F.net Epee sockets, Zivkovic K or LP Hungarian grips, leather bell pad.
Saber: StM blades, ultralight guards, f.net epee sockets, LP nut, leather bell pad.

[telkanuru]

When I made this post I really only had whites in mind. I probably should have made that clear, my apologies. I realize the electrical stuff isn't a one brand thing for most people. Which is why I only named a couple brands that I know are popular for their uniforms.

Even so, I have Absolute pants and jacket, but a LP plastron and mask, as well as an Uhlmann glove, so what do I check?

BTW, Cville, was it you who was nuts about the Shermasport 2-pc pommels? Cause I finally built a weapon with one the other day. I definitely prefer it. If only it didn't cost my firstborn...
I also had to add a lot of tape because I use the Large Reith grips, so the line wasn't exactly flush.