Training New armorer

[FPUFT]

Hey brothers and sister I have started fencing club at College and I have student who want to fencing don’t just fix them as our Armorer . How can I get the stuff to train him to be armorer?

[Purple Fencer]

Hey brothers and sister I have started fencing club at College and I have student who want to fencing don’t just fix them as our Armorer . How can I get the stuff to train him to be armorer?

Where are you located? That would give some of us an idea of who to aim you at.

In the meantime, I highly recommend the armory manual Mergs' wrote that I sell

[SJCFU#2]

I second Purple Fencer's recommendation of Merg's "Care and Feeding of All Things Fencing" - it's probably the most comprehensive work currently available. However here are a few others reference works you might also consider:

Rudi Volkman's "Electric Fencing Equipment: How to Repair It" - available through various vendors;

Chris Green's "How to be an Armorer Without Loosing Your Sanity" - available through YeOldeArmor (you may have to page through the listings under tools a bit);

Ted Li's "You Can Do It: Basic Armory" video - available through Absolute Fencing Supply;

The ABC "Armoring Basics" DVD - available through Fencing.net (and others);

The Armory section of Leon Paul's web site;

The "Ask the Expert: Armory" section of Fencing.net

[Mergs]

Thanks for the plugs, guys. You can also get the hardcopy book from Craig at fencing.net, or Leon Paul USA and UK.

As the two previous posters said, there are a number of resources out there. But nothing will take the place of nugging your way through a number of repairs (armed of course with a basic knowledge of how the stuff is supposed to work!).

Standing by to help in any way.

[Purple Fencer]

Thanks for the plugs, guys. You can also get the hardcopy book from Craig at fencing.net, or Leon Paul USA and UK.

As the two previous posters said, there are a number of resources out there. But nothing will take the place of nugging your way through a number of repairs (armed of course with a basic knowledge of how the stuff is supposed to work!).

Standing by to help in any way.

Just think, you can show him how to rethread a maraging blade!! (inventing swear terms while doing it optional!)

But seriously (from ME?) at the OP, all the book learnin' in the world -- even from the cited sources -- is no substitute for hands-on screwing it up for figuring out the myriad of ways you can destroy a perfectly good repair job at the last minute...

[EldRick]

Hey brothers and sister I have started fencing club at College and I have student who want to fencing don’t just fix them as our Armorer

And this was written by someone who was admitted to an American college?

[Mergs]

And this was written by someone who was admitted to an American college?

New English; no modifiers; drop random words from sentences, etc. And who said it was from an American college?

[Mergs]

As for actual training of a new armorer, use the following: plenty of newspaper, a choke collar and beer flavored treats

[jdavies]

As for actual training of a new armorer, use the following: plenty of newspaper, a choke collar and beer flavored treats

I'm buying your guide just for making that last post!

[Mergs]

I'm buying your guide just for making that last post!

Many thanks! I guess I need to include that line in my next book, 'Advanced Care and Feeding'!

[EldRick]

"The Care and Feeding of All Things Fencing"is certainly the best book on the topic - well written, entertaining, and very informative.

[Rockstar44]

And this was written by someone who was admitted to an American college?

Have you read anything written by a college graduate lately?

[Mergs]

Do you mean a RECENTcollege graduate? Unfortunately, yes. It's sad.

[LordShout]

And this was written by someone who was admitted to an American college?

Many of the people in my classes can't write or speak English worth a damn. A good thing they're here for physics.

[FPUFT]

And this was written by someone who was admitted to an American college?

I know I messed the request up and I am sorry for it but i was in hurry for classes. And i want to thank the one who took the time and have shown respect for my request by giving me the information I need to get my Armorer trained again thank you
Turtle Arden
FPU

[Mergs]

Not to worry. Non-standard/alternative grammar/spelling (irregardless of the reason) is like chum in the water for a school of sharks. The main point is that you got a lot of good information on resources and what it takes to train to be on of our slightly dysfunctional guild. ;-)