on 3/30/04 1:11 PM, Warren and Jackie Cabral at sword_teacher@yahoo.com
wrote:

> Hi Sean--
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> Just thought that I'd add a little support to what you said. The Fencing=
Post
> with their Uhlmann Italian foils (w/ full ricasso!) have been serving me =
quite
> well. The blades may well be France-Lames leftovers, but so far, except =
for
> whippiness, they have held up.

The Uhlmann blades I've seen haven't been whippy, though no foil blades mad=
e
today are quite as stiff as I think they should be. There's probably some
variability in the production run.

I too use the FL Italian epee blades. Instead of a dummy point or unwired
electric point (you know, if I'd wanted to be an electrician I'dve gone to
trade school...), I found steel "Chicago screws" with the same thread pitch=
..
I cut the flange off the screw, leaving a threaded tube, and glue a button
over it: much lighter. Better still are points d'arrett, and I think TCAS
might be starting to make a screw-on P'da. I've made a few P'das of my own=
,
but you should talk to TCAS.


Sean Hayes
Maestro d=B9armi
Northwest Academy of Arms



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