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08-06-2004, 01:35 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| FIE blades? (stupid question)
are all FIE blades maraging? | 
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08-06-2004, 01:45 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
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| No, although most are. I believe only leon paul produces non maraging fie blades, and they are stamped. | |
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08-06-2004, 01:48 AM
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#3 | | Armorer
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| No, there are a few that are not maraging. To be considered FIE, there is a flex test for how long it takes to break. The only other material requirement is it must be a form of steel, it can't be a composite or graphite.
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08-06-2004, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by S. Hunter No, although most are. I believe only leon paul produces non maraging fie blades, and they are stamped. | Leon Paul does not make non-maraging FIE blades. There are 3 that make non-maraging blades. They are Allstar/Uhlmann, Sport Service and Metal West. This is only for Epee. There are none that I know of for Foil.
You can check the Escrime magazine online #45 from last year. This is the latest published.
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08-06-2004, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DHCJr Leon Paul does not make non-maraging FIE blades. There are 3 that make non-maraging blades. They are Allstar/Uhlmann, Sport Service and Metal West. This is only for Epee. There are none that I know of for Foil.
You can check the Escrime magazine online #45 from last year. This is the latest published. |
And the StM FIE-N? http://www.shopeli.com/?goto=epee/2 | |
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08-06-2004, 12:40 PM
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| I think I heard somewhere that the StM non-FIE blades were either imported or made by metal west or sport service and that may be why DHCjr did not mention them.
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