Everyone here needs to buy this.

[ReverseLunge]

Whink Rust Remover. This stuff is amazing. I had a bunch of rust stains on my uniform from fencing folks who are too cheap to buy FIE maraging blade. Some of these stains are like 2 yeas old. I've tried all sorts of rust removers and nothing works accept this Whink stuff. Just squirt it over a rust stain and the stain dissapears within seconds leaving you with nothing but a nice white uniform! I've even used it to get out rust stains on white t-shirts that have been bleached!

http://www.baneclene.com/catalog/whi...t_remover.html

BTW. Anyone who uses rusty non maraging blades is an SOB who needs to get their a$$es kicked. FIE blades may cost 2-3 times as much but they last 10x as long and they are safer.

[Magdalah]

I want to make crazy monkey love to you.

[Pauli]

...... but they last 10x as long and they are safer.

About the lasting longer - may be, may not be. I bought my FIE blade in November and it broke in August (this month)........ So that's 10 months! Or do you consider 10 months as long?

Add another example. A friend of mine bought her FIE blade in February and broke it this month. It lasted 6 months...........

[Welted 24/7]

Safer, sure...but they break just as easy as anything else. You just won't get impaled with a jagged edge when these break.

[Inquartata]

There's no such thing as an FIE sabre blade, so you're not safe from me.

[ReverseLunge]

There's no such thing as an FIE sabre blade, so you're not safe from me.

Ulhmann makes a FIE stamped maraging saber.

[parrythis]

Why am I thinking that spot remover made from Hydroflouric Acid will remove more than just the spot?

[ReverseLunge]

Didn't hard the fabric at all.

[telkanuru]

Safer, sure...but they break just as easy as anything else. You just won't get impaled with a jagged edge when these break.

FIE blades do not break any more or less cleanly than a non-FIE.

[telkanuru]

Ulhmann makes a FIE stamped maraging saber.

That's so they can charge more. The only FIE requirement is S2000. Any S2000 sabre blade is an FIE blade...

[Mergs]

Safer, sure...but they break just as easy as anything else. You just won't get impaled with a jagged edge when these break.

MYTH BUSTER - Maraging blades DO NOT break cleanly (i.e. with a flat tip). This is backed up by a study by the SEMI Commission. The reason for maraging is to increase the fracture toughness, so the blades don't break as often as their carbon-steel bretheren.

[Inquartata]

Ulhmann makes a FIE stamped maraging saber.

They also put illegally sized mask-cord attachment tabs on their sabre lames.

Some blade makers have stamped their sabres blades S2003 or S2004. Doesn't mean anything: the only standard is S2000.

Ah, the whims of vendors.

[Welted 24/7]

MYTH BUSTER - Maraging blades DO NOT break cleanly (i.e. with a flat tip). This is backed up by a study by the SEMI Commission. The reason for maraging is to increase the fracture toughness, so the blades don't break as often as their carbon-steel bretheren.

Wow. They fail on all counts, then.