Stiff Foil Blades

**D+F+P=Hadouken!** · 01-11-2005 12:28 PM

Hey, I'm looking at getting my sister a new foil for her birthday. Can anyone reccomend a durable, cheap, stiff as rebar foil blade?

**scrapinpeg** · 01-11-2005 01:52 PM

Your typical beginner-set foil would fit the bill.

**shango** · 01-11-2005 08:10 PM

The StM non FIE foil blades are usually pretty good.

**mrbiggs** · 01-11-2005 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by scrapinpeg

Your typical beginner-set foil would fit the bill.

Depends on the beginner set. A BG 5 couldn't be considered "durable."

**LordTofuDog-jnr** · 01-12-2005 01:25 AM

I use BF now but before I got them I remember having a standard Prieur foil blade, non FIE.

It lasted around 8-9 months with 2-3 uses/week, it was rigid but still had flex and I only ever took the rust off once, it snapped looking like it had never rusted once. Of course I might've been lucky with the one I got but I get the feeling most would be the same.

Hope I could help.

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