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BF FIE (Triplette, Uhlmann/Allstar, PBT top line blades)
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StM FIE (also sold under PBT and Uhlmann/Allstar labels)
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StM FIE-N (non-maraging FIE blades)
|    | 5 | 2.94% | |
Prieur FIE
|    | 10 | 5.88% | |
Leon Paul FIE
|    | 18 | 10.59% | |
Vniti FIE
|    | 14 | 8.24% | |
Other, or non FIE blades (please give details)
| | 51 | 30.00% | 
11-04-2004, 02:06 PM
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#41 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlottesville VA
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| Hey Mike O, Welcome to the board!
I have also switched over to the non-FIE LP epee blades (Mike O was the first person to tell me how spiffy they were. Thanks again Mike O!) as my main competition weapons. I like the feel of the BF blue FIE blades a tad bit better, but I can buy three of the LP blades for the price of one of the BF's and they will last about 2-3 times as long as the BF. If money were no object and I had a nice team sponsor that would buy me sacks of blades I would probably stick with the BF blue FIE blades, but as long as it is my money I think the LP non-FIE epee blades are the best blades you can get for under $100.
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01-13-2005, 08:01 PM
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#42 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wokingham, UK
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| I have used Duellist (blue) FIE maraging blades for a couple of years now, as I prefer stiffer blades as it helps with point control. They seem to last well, especially considering the amount of training/competitions I do. Would recommend them to anyone who has similar preferences.
Also use pistol grip - only really used French grips back when I was starting out at fencing, but then switched to pistol grip, again for the greater point control. | |
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01-13-2005, 08:13 PM
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#43 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wokingham, United Kingdom
Posts: 581
| I use pistol handles - Vniti traditional, as I've just discovered in another post 
The guard and socket etc. I get from Duellist. The guards are steel-titanium and are absolutely fantastic - very light and durable.
The blades I use are Cartel maraging - magnifique! I don't like stiff blades; Cartel's are strong, yet light and flexible. They've lasted well, too. I prefer traditional blades compared to blue/coloured ones, because... well, I just think they're better.
My advice is to try before you buy. Asking people on this forum is obviously a good idea, but also ask other members at your club and see/test what they use. If you get the chance, always go to a vendor's stall and pick your blades individually rather than have a random one sent out. Then you'll know exactly what you're getting!
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01-13-2005, 11:02 PM
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#44 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MA
Posts: 7,472
| I use prieur, both FIE and non-FIE. The FIE's were on sale. The non-FIE's were bought by accident.
Both kink maybe a little more often than the average epee, but not by much. And as said before, they straighten out very nicely. To be fair, the only thing I have to weigh them against is a buget BG epee, but I really have no complaints with them so far. | |
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01-14-2005, 01:16 AM
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#45 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlottesville VA
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Originally Posted by P Barbasiewicz I have used Duellist (blue) FIE maraging blades for a couple of years now, as I prefer stiffer blades as it helps with point control. They seem to last well, especially considering the amount of training/competitions I do. Would recommend them to anyone who has similar preferences. | If you dont mind, I was wondering where the differant Duelist blades come from. I have looked at the site a few times but I do not recognize any of the forges such as XL(maybe Priuer?), VX (Maybe Vniti?) or carbon plus blades. Also what is the "Pro" in the StM pro blades? I sent an e-mail asking for details and traits of the blades and where they were made but never heard back from anyone. Anyway, if you would not mind giving some details on your blades I would love to know. Thanks!
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01-14-2005, 05:07 AM
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#46 | | Just Joined
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer If you dont mind, I was wondering where the differant Duelist blades come from. I have looked at the site a few times but I do not recognize any of the forges such as XL(maybe Priuer?), VX (Maybe Vniti?) or carbon plus blades. Also what is the "Pro" in the StM pro blades? I sent an e-mail asking for details and traits of the blades and where they were made but never heard back from anyone. Anyway, if you would not mind giving some details on your blades I would love to know. Thanks! | No problem. I get my blades from the Duellist UK shop (in London), although I know they have distributors outside the UK as well. I believe they have one in the US. Their website is www.duellist.com and you will find a link from their to the US site.
Duellists make their own blades as I understand it. When did you email them? Was it to the UK or US? If it was during the Xmas period then I wouldn't be surprised as I know for a fact they very busy. I would email them again and mark it for the attention of Ian at the UK shop and say Phil sent you. Good luck!
As a point of interest, what blades are you using at the moment? | |
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01-14-2005, 09:06 AM
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#47 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 53
| I like the cheap allstar blades. I find that they barely ever break. | |
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01-14-2005, 09:32 AM
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#48 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by P Barbasiewicz As a point of interest, what blades are you using at the moment? | I had e-mailed them a while before X-mas on the UK site. I will try again, using your advice. At the moment I use LP non-FIE blades. I have found them to be the most durable blades around, and since I do not fence internationally at the moment, I don't have any need of the FIE ones. For the longest time I used BF FIE Blue blades, and I still love the feel, I just hate paying all that money to replace one every 3-6 months.
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02-22-2005, 02:33 AM
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#49 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Orleans, LA
Posts: 37
| I use Leon Paul Non-FIE epee blades. They are nice and durable, I recommend them to anyone. | |
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02-22-2005, 04:32 AM
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#50 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GREECE/Piraeus
Posts: 1,310
| I use silver maraging blade. It is light and durable.
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02-22-2005, 06:41 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,545
| A triplette BF which feels strangely enough... live. When fencing with it, I always feel like i have a rapier in my hands that could slice through someone. A leon paul non FIE, which is a nice blade. A Vniti, which I'm still getting used to, and it is flicky and stiff at the same time.
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02-23-2005, 03:06 PM
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#52 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 492
| I use Italian weapons so my blade options are limited. And Uhlmann has not started to produce new Italian Epee blades yet (although I like their Italian foil blades) so I don't know where I will get new one's when these break... I don't think I have ever seen an FIE stamped Italian blade of any sort...
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02-23-2005, 04:25 PM
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#53 | | Member
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Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken! The stiffest blade is the BF white or Vniti, both give bruises, and both of them can take a beating. | I recently bought a Vniti FIE maraging epee from bg (largely due to Cvillefencers raving reviews, ha!) and I find it to be extremely whippy, so im surprised to hear that in your experience vnitis have been stiff. Difference in production year, maybe? | |
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02-23-2005, 04:29 PM
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#54 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by jip3 I recently bought a Vniti FIE maraging epee from bg (largely due to Cvillefencers raving reviews, ha!) and I find it to be extremely whippy, so im surprised to hear that in your experience vnitis have been stiff. Difference in production year, maybe? | Indeed, when I wrote that post, I had been using a friends vniti, which was a pool cue. It was also older. The newer ones, the one I have, is a whip.
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02-26-2005, 12:17 AM
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#55 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amherst, MA
Posts: 213
| I use non-FIE Uhlman BF blades because they're half the cost of the FIE ones and right now not worth the difference to me. | |
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02-26-2005, 12:49 AM
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#56 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 38
| Glad to hear good things about the non-FIE LPs, as i just bought one: my attempt to counterbalance the effects of my Vniti, which is the most flexibe blade (along almost the entire length) ive ever held and is known around my club as "the whip". | |
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02-26-2005, 02:10 PM
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#57 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Gatos, CA
Posts: 17
| LP non-FIE blades. Very durable, no kinks, light.
Schermasport aluminum bell guards. Light and strong. Expensive though.
Schermasport anatomical grips.
German tips, but searching for a good screwless tip, as per another thread.
I've tried a number of other blades and didn't like them for feel or durability. I actually own one LP FIE blade but I have to admit I can't really tell it from the non-FIE version at this time. Thus, I buy the cheaper ones until I get good enough that FIE blades are required at the competitions I attend. At my current rate of improvement, I'll be dead about 15 years before that will happen.
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04-27-2005, 05:15 PM
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#58 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 323
| Blade Fleche epee blades. They are crappy and break after two weeks, but they are what I started with and somehow nothing feels "right" like a Blade Fleche blade. If I ever go to international tournaments (highly doubtful, I still cant make myself go running very often) Ill get better ones  | |
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04-27-2005, 10:04 PM
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#59 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: pennsylvania, Philly division
Posts: 421
| I recently boguth a vniti epee, my new favorite blade from AF,
Vniti Blade
Titanium Alloy bell
Med UHl visconti
-Gotta love a back flick in epee when your on the giving end.
-Tre'
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05-23-2005, 01:14 AM
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#60 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Louisiana
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| The weaponss that I go for immediately to fence with are either one of my two France Lames non FIE epee blades. They are light and have very good point control. I got one of them for 15 bucks from TCA so I like that even more.
Next I go for my Uhlman BF non FIE weapon because it is better than my TCA BF weapon. I dont see why so many people like the BF blades better, it must be the FIE ones bause I seem to be the exact opposite of most epee fencers.
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