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Real Life Observations from a Fencing Mom |
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Written by Fencing Parent
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Monday, 05 January 2004 |
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Equipping your fencer:
The coach for my kid’s first club went to a competition and bought two beginner packages, $1300 bucks worth of equipment that was "needed" for Summer Nationals. At least, that’s what they told us. We spent about 600 bucks too much for it. The copper thread lames--only two months old--failed at their first equipment check. That’s when we and our credit card first met Amanda at Blue Gauntlet.
She has outfitted the kids ever since the first equipment disaster. She will try to save you money and keep you from buying things you do not need. I know there are other good vendors like The Fencing Post. Find a good vendor, develop a relationship and keep working with them. They can truly save your kids at a competition. Find a vendor who stands behind their products. One of the main lessons we have learned over the following years: you get what you pay for. A "budget" fencing item often merely refers to how many times it will need to be replaced from your budget.
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