Sparring Armour - Fencers

Vogeljager · Post by **Vogeljager** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:57 am

A friend of mine just asked me if I could find some plastic to use over his bicep and pec while fencing.

I know there must be a period solution to the question. Some sort of densly padded shoulder harness maybe?

Jacob · Post by **Jacob** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:58 am

Leather worn over the regular armour is still used by trainers for olympic fencing. Look around at fencing supply stores.

Jacob

Pietro da San Tebaldo · Thu May 22, 2003 9:28 am

Padded canvas or leather vest, possibly with cap sleeves. Tell his sparring partner to work on point control - it's usually not required that you jam the blunt through their opponent to have them acknowledge the shot...

(I used to have a sparring partner who was universally recognized as an ox - he'd pop me in the crook of the elbow and the next day I'd have a bruise which looked like they'd taken a blood sample with a coat-hanger...

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James B. · Post by **James B.** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:14 am

In Janet Arnold's book The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C1560-1620 there is a padded leather doublet used in fencing schools. At that time they used a real sword with something put over the tip to prevent actually stabbing one another.

Flonzy

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