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10-23-2004, 01:41 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: nyc
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| BF Blue where to buy?
BF Blue foil blade where to buy?does fencing post has them? o_O | 
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10-23-2004, 02:42 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Connecticut
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| A few vendors, such as Triplette, Uhlmann, and Leon Paul should have them. Triplette is based the US, so perhaps you'd be interested in purchasing a blade from them? | |
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10-25-2004, 01:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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| If you're in NYC, the ideal would be to go to one of the vendors in the city and hand-pick out the blade. If you've got the time and transportation, making a run down to Blue Gauntlet would also let you personally examine and select a blade.
There are always variations from blade to blade, so it really is best to choose one that feels good to you and is free from defects.
Triplette tends to be near the end of the pecking order in choosing blades from the BF forge, so there's a greater chances of getting a dud if you order on from them than from Uhlmann or Allstar. Again, being able to personally choose a blade makes a difference.
-Dave
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10-25-2004, 03:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago-land
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| Be aware that there is an order in which vendors get their pick of the lots. Ulhmann/allstar seem to be at the top of the list and tripplette at the bottom. (At least from what Ive heard.) So a BF blade is just a BF blade.
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10-25-2004, 12:22 PM
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| Zivkovic also sells them - I think. I don't fence foil, but I believe I overheard one of the foil fiends at my club saying they got their's from Zivkovic. | |
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10-25-2004, 12:29 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago-land
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| I got mine from zivkovic.
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10-25-2004, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlottesville VA
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| Fencing post, Zivkovic, Leon Paul and Blue Guantlet would be my picks. I would tend to treat the TCA (Triplette) blades as a last resort, although some people tend to have much better luck with them than I do.
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10-25-2004, 12:51 PM
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| I get mine from BG. Mostly at competitions when i can pick one out by hand.
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