Re: [CFML] Origin of the double-wided epee?

If I am to understand it correctly, the double-wide =E9p=E9e blade was crea=
ted
by Blaise Fr=E9re Forges in France, to accommodate for the needs of the SCA
and Theatrical fencing communities.

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Arin M. Dove
(ska Ld. Cillian mac Cauldwell)
--Executive Director- Academy di San Michael, Collegio della Spada


on 5/3/04 11:56 AM, classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com at
classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Subject: Origin of the double-wided epee?
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> Hello,
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> Where did the double-wide come from? Was it ever used in classical
> fencing? I know it's used for practice in historical rapier fencing
> styles.
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> Thank you.
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