Something to fight lightly with  From EastKingdomWiki  Revision
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contribs) Jump to: navigation, search  This page is a subsection
of SCA Without Breaking the Bank. It provides information on
fencing.   Submitted tips  Submitted by Reinhard Hauser von
Burgdorf  Rapier gear can often be bought cheaply from second
hand stores or as surplus from fencing clubs.  Submitted by Lady
Catalina dell'Acqua    1. When I first started fencing, I was a
poor just-out-of-college research fellow. If you can't sew well,
like me, a doublet is not easy to make, regardless of what
people tell you. For the first year I fenced, I used a long
T-tunic, with a short sleeved, short tunic underneath. (Make
sure it passes the punch test and armor requirements for your
kingdom.) I know a lot of people who started fencing in
T-tunics, because they are easy and fairly cheap to make.
Sometimes a modern T-shirt is enough underneath.   2. Loaner
gear is your friend. Depending on the local