08-17-2005, 01:28 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Everyone here needs to buy this.
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. | 
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08-17-2005, 04:10 AM
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08-18-2005, 08:14 AM
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#3 | | moose rules!
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Originally Posted by ReverseLunge ...... 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...........
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08-18-2005, 11:50 AM
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| Safer, sure...but they break just as easy as anything else. You just won't get impaled with a jagged edge when these break.
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08-18-2005, 03:04 PM
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#5 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| There's no such thing as an FIE sabre blade, so you're not safe from me. | |
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08-18-2005, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata There's no such thing as an FIE sabre blade, so you're not safe from me. |
Ulhmann makes a FIE stamped maraging saber. | |
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08-18-2005, 03:24 PM
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#7 | | Epee fencing addict
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| Why am I thinking that spot remover made from Hydroflouric Acid will remove more than just the spot? 
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08-18-2005, 04:05 PM
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| Didn't hard the fabric at all. | |
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08-18-2005, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 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. | FIE blades do not break any more or less cleanly than a non-FIE. | |
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08-18-2005, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ReverseLunge 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... | |
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08-19-2005, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 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. | 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.
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08-19-2005, 05:01 PM
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#12 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by ReverseLunge 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.
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08-19-2005, 05:08 PM
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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.
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