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Vniti FIE
|     | 55 | 24.23% | |
BF FIE (also sold as Triplette, PBT, Uhlmann/Allstar top line blades)
|    | 59 | 25.99% | |
StM FIE (also sold as Uhlmann/Allstar & PBT mid line blades)
|    | 13 | 5.73% | |
Uhlmann/Allstar FS (Formerly Scaroni forge)
|    | 9 | 3.96% | |
Leon Paul FIE (including budget, Golubitski and Flickmaster)
|    | 27 | 11.89% | |
Prieur/France Lames FIE
|    | 24 | 10.57% | |
Lammet (sold as PBT and some Allstar budget blades)
| | 3 | 1.32% | |
Other unamed FIE blade (please let me know if I missed one)
| | 3 | 1.32% | |
Other non-FIE blade
| | 34 | 14.98% | 
06-19-2005, 07:18 AM
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#81 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,216
| I know it's kinda dead.. but on StM FIE.
Got mine november last year, been using at least 3 times a week. Still straight as a die...This is where the story begins.
2 weeks ago it developed a small kink in the top 1/10th of the blade or so. That kink has gone. Today the kink was there, and the foil took a reasonably bad upwards bender hit. It bent up, I flexed it on my shoe, it went straight after about 5.
And for about 2 months prior to all this, it had a slight downward curve in the blade.
Now its straight as the day I got it...awesome. Lasting longer than I expected!
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06-20-2005, 02:59 AM
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#82 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: singapore
Posts: 416
| well i've had mine for over 3 years. for the last 2 months or so i've been fencing heavily with it so was getting upward bends and kinks every week...but i managed to bend it back with no prob. i heard that stm will become flexible after use but mine is still really stiff.
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06-24-2005, 02:57 PM
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#83 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 58
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer Prieur FIE Chevalier | Anyone know where to get these? I only found 1 vendor on the Internet that carries them, one that I wasn't familiar with. Do none of the major fencing retailers have them anymore? Are they still being made?
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11-03-2005, 06:13 PM
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#84 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Linköping/Sweden
Posts: 109
| I got one very sturdy russian FIE-blade ca 1996, the rest is Allstar non FIE. The FIE blade only comes out on the local tournaments on my club!  | |
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05-22-2006, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jyväskylä
Posts: 3,886
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05-22-2006, 12:33 PM
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#86 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,658
| I use Reynold's Wrap. It's durable yet pliable.
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06-02-2006, 12:59 AM
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#87 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MA
Posts: 7,472
| I'm changing my vote from Prieur to Vniti. Prieurs suck. I'd totally spend the extra money for a Vniti any day. | |
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06-22-2006, 01:58 PM
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#88 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 1,207
| I haven't invested in FIE blades yet. For non-FIE I like the "Various European Forges" blades that you can get from American Fencers Supply. We call them "Fleching Russian" blades although I don't know which forge they come from.
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06-23-2006, 05:11 AM
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#89 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,188
| Fatfencer's choice!!!
Fatfencer uses lots of different blades depending on the fencer. and since blades vary tremendously within each batch, blah blah, etc.
Still I mainly use:
BF Whites and Blues: I will pick thru most of what Summer Nationals has to offer to find 4-10 or so that are as light as the cheapy blades but are stiff as all get out. Then I slowly 'educate' the blades to bend in the proper way. This also helps when it comes time to balance them via canting. These do tend to be heavy.If I'm fencing a stronger, more capable fencer I will use the cheap blades as it doesn't fatigue my hand while doing complex parries and attacks.
I generally use ultra light extra small bellguards and shaved down Absolute Uhlmann visconti small copies. Actually they are better!! I tend to shave them at nose so as to get more finger control. Also I place file grooves along the top so the thumb get all the grip it needs. Finally i use a grinder to enlarge the groove where the pinky finger goes so that my hand doesnt feel scrunched.
I use Sport 7 tips/barrels, etc. exclusively as they are the best I've found and have, since I've started using them, never had a weapon fail on strip.
I use LP's bayonet as its the best I've seen. I've been told Negrini/Carminari is the best system but I've not seen it. LP wires and sockets have not failed me and with reasonable maintenance, probably never will. Chances are though I will replace 11 of them at Nationals.
I really love Vniti blades as i think they are lighter than STM but are as durable, But like the Lp's GBsky Pro its very heavy compared to BF. Occasionally I find a very light and stiff Vniti and I buy it.
I just like light and stiff blades of any make. PS is absolute ****, though.
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07-02-2006, 02:12 PM
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#90 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: right here, on your screen
Posts: 1,668
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Originally Posted by Morion I haven't invested in FIE blades yet. For non-FIE I like the "Various European Forges" blades that you can get from American Fencers Supply. We call them "Fleching Russian" blades although I don't know which forge they come from. | If the name you gave it is based on the logo on the blade, that would be a Dynamo blade, made in Lugansk, Ukraine. It is also sometimes referred to as "Vostok" - AFAIK, the two companies merged a while ago. AMS sells a lot of their blades.
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