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Tidal wrote:Andrew Eldritch fencing?!!?! That's just about the weirdest thing I've seen in years

smiscandlon wrote:Do you think he takes his shades off before donning the fencing mask?

James Blast wrote:

Tidal wrote:Andrew Eldritch fencing?!!?! That's just about the weirdest thing I've seen in years

stick to mishearing lyrics, you're safer there

I like to fence (when I get the opportunity), so I've got a fair amount of fencing equipment in an appropriately long bag. Most of it was bought at Leon Paul in London. Various shoes, tunics, breeches, body wire, a couple of masks and half a dozen weapons. I've got a couple of foils with regular and pistol grips, one epee with a pistol grip, and a few sabres, which is my weapon of choice. It's generally thought that French blades have the best steel. I've no idea where mine were made.

H. Blackrose wrote:

I like to fence (when I get the opportunity), so I've got a fair amount of fencing equipment in an appropriately long bag. Most of it was bought at Leon Paul in London. Various shoes, tunics, breeches, body wire, a couple of masks and half a dozen weapons. I've got a couple of foils with regular and pistol grips, one epee with a pistol grip, and a few sabres, which is my weapon of choice. It's generally thought that French blades have the best steel. I've no idea where mine were made.

Jeez louise, it's like some of you had never read the more obscure parts of the official site.

Eckert: "..now and then.. And you are member of a fencing club. What do you do

there, fencing? Is that the kind of sport for you?"
A.E.: "One might say so, yes. I was forced to do it as pupil as I couldn´t play

rugby."
Eckert: "You couldn´t play rugby. I never liked that either, an awfull sport!"
A.E.: "Man simply is too brittle for playing rugby!"
Eckert: "And that´s how you got to fencing to keep the people at distance? Is it

still like that today, a bit of Zen or the art of fencing?"
A.E.: "(thinks for 5 seconds) Yeah. In a way. That all sounds rather pompously in

a way, but it´s true."
Eckert: "How many times a week do you go fencing?"
A.E.: "Two or three times, if I can spare the time for it."
Eckert: "And that´s really hard training?"
A.E.: "Yes, it´s quite strenuous."
Eckert: "So you really feel it in your bones?"
A.E.: "I feel it in my knees."
Eckert: "So, despite avoiding rugby, you have problems with your knees?"
A.E.: "Yes. But I survive fencing!"
Eckert: "You survive.. There are various kinds of weapons. Foil, sabre and
rapier, which do you use there?"
A.E.: "Well, I am a sabre master."
Eckert: "A sabre master. Is that the heaviest? It isn´t the heaviest, is it?"
A.E.: "No, rapier is the heaviest."
Eckert: "Do you have enough training opprtunities at Hamburg?"
A.E.: "Actually not, cause here in Hamburg sabre is hardly used, so I have to fight with rapier. Which stresses the wrist."

Little_Sister wrote: mh, maybe I should try fencing to, could be fun. does anyone here fence? what is it like?

deadagain wrote:this topic is particularly amusing in the light of the piece in Classic Rock about Eldo's duel with the vocalist from Flesh For Lulu!

vicus wrote:until QB unlocks these photos in the gallery:

Tidal wrote:

James Blast wrote:

Tidal wrote:Andrew Eldritch fencing?!!?! That's just about the weirdest thing I've seen in years

stick to mishearing lyrics, you're safer there

Could you please stop following me around making bad comments about my posts...

H. Blackrose wrote:I like to fence (when I get the opportunity), so I've got a fair amount of fencing equipment in an appropriately long bag. Most of it was bought at Leon Paul in London. Various shoes, tunics, breeches, body wire, a couple of masks and half a dozen weapons. I've got a couple of foils with regular and pistol grips, one epee with a pistol grip, and a few sabres, which is my weapon of choice. It's generally thought that French blades have the best steel. I've no idea where mine were made.

James Blast wrote:stick to mishearing lyrics, you're safer there