Lame Restoration Miracle!

[fencerbill]

There is something that can be done about small dead spots or dead lines where there is a fold in the Lame.

Go to the web site where they sell the conductive thread (thread used in Infinity Lames).

http://members.shaw.ca/ubik/thread/thread.html

You can buy a spool for about $15 which will last a club for years.

Sew a small star over the dead spot, dipping above and below every eighth of an inch. The conductive thread connects the spot to the good surrounding conductors. You can use a machine or hand sew.

It is hard to thread through a needle. Get one of the old-fashioned wire needle threaders from your local sewing store.

Just remember, your small dead spot is just the tip of the iceberg. The bad spot will just grow larger with further use. You can postpone, but not avoid Lame replacement.

[yeoldearmourer]

Donald knowing your armourer and the way they check is important. I have stuff pass by you that fail by the rules but I know what type of test equipement you used. I got it pass

[Joe biebel]

Wow! Tried this (CLOROX BATHROOM BOWL CLEANER WITH TEFLON SURFACE PROTECTOR) product on the only non-stainless steel lame I have and what a difference. I got similar results to Artisan. But I figured, "why stop there?" I've restored a previously unusable metallic jacket, so what else can I improve through chemistry? I then soaked the lame in an industrial Teflon product, (that I shall keep a secret) towelled off the excess liquid and had the same near perfect resistance as before, with the added benefit of an amazingly slippery surface. I took the lame to practice and literally had to hold my opponents tip on the lame's surface to test it to prevent it from slipping off. The only touches scored against me that night were during tests!
I can't wait until the first NAC to use this baby against the guys that wear plastic touch erasers! Thank goodness they don't test for slipperiness at NAC competitions.

[mifencer]

Even though I hate (mild understatement) boys (b/c they cannot be called 'men') who wear chest protectors, aren't you really do the same?

Why can't people learn how to parry and use footwork? Why can't we all just get along...

Joe, I respect you and your past accomplishments -- I wish you luck in your future ones as well.

Wow! Tried this (CLOROX BATHROOM BOWL CLEANER WITH TEFLON SURFACE PROTECTOR) product on the only non-stainless steel lame I have and what a difference. I got similar results to Artisan. But I figured, "why stop there?" I've restored a previously unusable metallic jacket, so what else can I improve through chemistry? I then soaked the lame in an industrial Teflon product, (that I shall keep a secret) towelled off the excess liquid and had the same near perfect resistance as before, with the added benefit of an amazingly slippery surface. I took the lame to practice and literally had to hold my opponents tip on the lame's surface to test it to prevent it from slipping off. The only touches scored against me that night were during tests!
I can't wait until the first NAC to use this baby against the guys that wear plastic touch erasers! Thank goodness they don't test for slipperiness at NAC competitions.

[DHCJr]

Donald knowing your armourer and the way they check is important. I have stuff pass by you that fail by the rules but I know what type of test equipement you used. I got it pass

If Armorers went by the rules with no variance, there would be no competitions. I doubt there is a Foil Lame' by a major manufacturer that would pass, if the rules were followed completely. If it will not cheat, your opponent, you let it pass.

One team at an International Competition insisted we go by the rule book with no variances. Not a single piece of equipment passed.

[telkanuru]

How many foils did you fail for having 15.03 cm of tape, then

[DHCJr]

Why worry about little things? The parenthesis in M.13 was added after that. Tape was the only acceptable for the extremities at that time.

[Purple Fencer]

How many foils did you fail for having 15.03 cm of tape, then

Every single one of them, as I recall the story....heh...

[DHCJr]

Not a single one. As I said why worry about the small stuff. We actually decided that we would not fail between 14 - 16.

[Inquartata]

Why worry about little things?

Hmmm...you mean like whether the little mask-cord tab on a sabre lame is not quite large enough according to the rules? Or does this "let the little things go" thing only live in the world of foil?