Suggested Rapier Gear and Equipment!
This is just a suggested list of items that you will need
eventually. As a new student, I would get the gloves and fencing masket
right away, but the other equipment, especially weapons, I would wait
until I had some practice, and experience using the different weapons
of other students and the schools training items. This will allow you
to determine for yourself what weight, length, grip, and style you prefer
to fight in.
Before you compete in an actual official tournament or
mele, it will be necessary for you to have all of the Standard Equipment,
as this is for safety first and formost! Check out the SHOPPING LINKS
section of this website for suggestions as to places to start your hunt.
If a link is broken, just go the root of the link, to the sellers main
webpage.
- Standard Equipment for a Fighter
MEMBERSHIP & AUTHORIZATION CARDS!
Copy of rules and regulations
12kg Fencing mask or helmet
Hood (puncture resistant material)
Gorget
2 Gloves (Left and Right!)
Body Armor (puncture resistant material)
Shirt with self sustaining cuffs and armpit protection (if not built
into Body Armor)
Belt (if required to maintain closure of Body Armor or Shirt)
Pants or Skirt
Gender Protection (Groin, Pelvic, Chest)
Closed toe shoes
- Offensive Equipment
Schlager class weapon
Epee class weapon
Dagger
RBG - rubber band gun (and shot)
Defensive Equipment
Rigid Parry Item(s) (Buckler, stick, etc)
Soft Parry Item(s) (Cloak, stuffed animal, ect)
- Maintenance Equipment
Fine Grit Sand Paper or 'Rust Eraser' (for getting rust off of metal)
WD-40 (helps to save metal from rust in moist weather)
Clean Soft Cloth (201 uses, all around handy)
Button Tips (weapon tips for epees, foils, daggers)
Blunt Tips (for schlager weapons)
Colored 'Tip' Tape (Colored electrical tape for marking tip and
foible)
Sharp Knife (a razor knife works great. 201 uses, all around handy)
Assortment of 'Flat' and 'Lock' Type Washers (Useful as spacers
and fasteners)
File (201 uses, all around handy)
- Marshalling Equipment
Marshal's Tabard
Marshal's Staff
Goggles (for use during 'projectile' scenarios)
Whistle (for use in melees)
Copy of the Current Kingdom Rules, Regulations and Conventions
Drop Tester (for testing armor)