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Have you use this the Spectra undergarment or know people who use it and what is your opinion of its quality and functionality for rapier/ C&T play?

http://www.zenwarriorarmory.com/catalog ... egory%3D63

Thanks,
Mackenzie

Have one. Wear it under period clothing. Works fine for rapier. I'd probably want somethng more for exuberant C&T. It doesn't add padding at all.

Works fine, but "feels like swimming in a slug" to quote a friend.

What size would you wear? I'll sell you mine.

I like mine a great deal, but then I don't live in a humid area. I find it much cooler than a standard fencing jacket of canvas, but it is not absorbent and takes a bit to wick away perspiration. You might wish to wear a t-shirt or something similar with it. It washes well and wears like iron.

As mentioned, it provides puncture resistance, not padding.

My game improved a bunch when I switched to a sleavless dublet and linnen shirt with the reinforced armpit gusset.

It works, It's safe but once you upgrade it lives in the closet.

Marco-borromei wrote:Works fine, but "feels like swimming in a slug" to quote a friend.

What size would you wear? I'll sell you mine.

"Swimming in a slug" Now thats a quote.

Thanks, I think my question is answered. Back to sewing - linen is my friend.
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mackenzie wrote:

Marco-borromei wrote:Works fine, but "feels like swimming in a slug" to quote a friend.

What size would you wear? I'll sell you mine.

"Swimming in a slug" Now thats a quote.

Thanks, I think my question is answered. Back to sewing - linen is my friend.
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First said to me by Don Matteo when he was in Northshield... I hear he's taken his slug-swim-shirt further south.