Hi Richard and all,
Some first-hand feedback:
Tri-Cities Academy of the Sword makes a very nice false ricasso. One of
my students has one and is very pleased with it, as well as the pommel
and grip. Their leather strap is also very nice. (Another student
purchased a strap from either Triplette or American Fencers Supply --
not sure which -- that was simply too short: the punched portion of the
strap was not long enough to form a pocket for the pommel, despite the
strap being made to do that.)
Triplette (unless they have changed recently) is selling a rather cheesy
"Italian" foil consisting of a French blade, an okay crossbar, a false
ricasso (separate from the crossbar) fashioned from a piece of copper
tubing (yes, a *round *false ricasso is difficult to grip properly), and
a plastic grip wrapped with thin wire to make it look like leather (the
wire tends to come off rather easily). All in all, not a very satisfying
"Italian" foil. The main problem is the use of tubing for the ricasso,
as there is no way to keep the grip and crossbar from rotating.
I am skeptical of anyone claiming to sell a France-Lames Italian blade.
It is my understanding that France-Lames is completely out of business.
(See press release from American Fencers Supply:
http://www.amfence.com/html/pr13.html )
I don't have any first-hand experience with any of the others you
listed, but the Negrini web site looks pretty promising. It appears that
one can order directly from them....
-Michael Heggen
instructor, Salem YMCA Fencing Studio
president, Salem Classical Fencing
Salem, Oregon USA
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:25:43 +1000
> From: "CULLINAN, Richard" <rcull@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Re: Italian Foils (where)
>
>
>Funny you should ask that, I've been looking myself!
>
>>From what I can determine, the only 3 companies selling a foil blade with a true ricasso are Negrini and Uhlmann and Allstar. It's also possible that Triplette has them as well, but I can't tell from their literature. Availability may be a problem since it
>looks like the defunct France-Lames were the main source of true ricasso blades.
>
>There are a bunch of people selling false ricasso parts, so that you can use French blades with the Italian furniture. (Negrini has this option as well.) Using a false ricasso seems to be the only way you can have a maraging blade in Italian furniture.
>
>The only suppliers I could find for Italian epee furniture is Negrini and The Fencing Post. If anyone else knows of another supplier for Italian epee furniture, please let us know!
>
>Here's some of the links that may help you find what you're after:
>
>The Fencing Post - uses Uhlmann parts for their foils, but the blades themselves are from France-Lames
>www.thefencingpost/Classical_Fencing.htm
>
>Tri-Cities Academy of the Sword - makes false ricasso parts either separate or as part of the crossbar
>www.tcasfencing.com/fencing_supplies.htm
>
>Triplette Competition Arms - sells complete Italian foils under their own name. It's not clear if the blades are true ricasso or false ricasso, but I'm guessing it's false ricasso since they can fit maraging blades. Couldn't find a link to replacement
>Italian blades.
>http://www.triplette.com/sport%20fen...te_weapons.htm
>
>Negrini - the big wheel of Italian fencing equipment and reputed to have the best quality Italian furniture available.
>www.negrini.com
>
>Allstar - German supplier that lists Italian parts and blades.
>www.allstar-fencing.com (International site) www.allstar-usa.com (USA distributer) I couldn't see Italian stuff listed in their USA catalog, but they are listed in the British catalogue http://www.allstar-fencing.co.uk/exc...ice%20List.pdf
>
>Santelli - USA distibuter for Negrini, currently lists Italian foils as out of stick on their website.
>www.santelli.com
>
>Uhlmann Fechtsport - lists Italian equipment in their catalogue.
>www.uhlmann-fechtsport.de/inhalt_e.htm
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Richard
>- currently looking for the stuff since you can't get it in Australia!
>
>
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