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Old 07-03-2004, 08:03 AM   #1
Antone Blair
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Re: [CFML] Decent foil blades?

Hi Kim,
I've been pretty happy with the WKC practice foil blades which you
can get from Triplette. They aren't terribly floppy (for modern foils
anyway) and are quite thin at the foible. Now that I'm used to them,
most other foil blades seem brutal.

-Antone

On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Kim Moser wrote:

> Can anybody recommend a retailer that sells blades that aren't too
> stiff at
> the foible? Most blades I've seen (including France-Lames) tend not to
> taper enough.
>
> In the past I've ordered Blue Gauntlet's house brand ("BG" model) but
> they're out of stock for the next few weeks and their alternate blades
> ("SG" model) are too stiff.
>
> --Kim
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