D-ring torn off

[TrainingDummy]

At practice another fencer stepped on the reel cord while I was plugged in and moving forward. My jacket of a few years said "Enough!" and the cloth holding my D-ring ripped open. My coach recommended that I sew some velcro on there and attach the D-ring that way, but I remember a fencer I met once that had some sort of plastic clamp device that attached directly to the jacket. Does anyone know where I can get one of those? Should I just go with the velcro? Other solutions?

[Purple Fencer]

Replace the cloth with elastic and sew it back down yourself....I've had to do that....not that hard.

[bob46]

Try glue. It was the night before a tournament and my D-ring fell off, so I hot glue gunned it down in 30 seconds and it's actually held for the last 1 1/2 years.

[SJCFU#2]

Replace the cloth with elastic and sew it back down yourself....I've had to do that....not that hard.

In a pinch you can even sew one side of the D-ring directly to the jacket (best done somewhere along the bottom edge of the jacket, with at least a dozen loops of thread wrapping around the flat side of the D-ring and through the jacket).

Just make sure that you pick a location that's easy to reach because without a strap in there there won't be much flexibility.

[Craig]

...plastic clamp device that attached directly to the jacket.

Here's what a google search for "plastic quick-release clip" turned up:

http://www.quickmedical.com/morrison...se-buckle.html

or

http://www.seattlefabrics.com/side.html

[Purple Fencer]

Here's what a google search for "plastic quick-release clip" turned up:

http://www.quickmedical.com/morrison...se-buckle.html

or

http://www.seattlefabrics.com/side.html

Also known as a "parachute buckle." You can get them at some fabric stores (JoAnn's, for example)

[wbowman]

In a pinch, you can also hang one of those circular key-ring thingies on the buckle that fastens the groin strap.

[VorpalCat]

This is why I always keep a couple of single-use sized packets of unwaxed dental floss and self-threading needles in the armory kit. Easy to either sew the tab back on or sew the D-ring to the jacket if things give way in the middle of a tournament.