10-25-2005, 12:13 AM
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| When it is appropriate to use FIE foil blades
I've been fencing for like more than a year now and I need to buy another foil. What blades are recommended? I've been hearing of StM and BF alot. Should a fencer with the amount of experience I have be suitable for good blades like BF? and would I need FIE blades? Do Junior Olympics and Nationals require FIE stuff? | 
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10-25-2005, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by edwin012290 I've been fencing for like more than a year now and I need to buy another foil. What blades are recommended? I've been hearing of StM and BF alot. Should a fencer with the amount of experience I have be suitable for good blades like BF? and would I need FIE blades? Do Junior Olympics and Nationals require FIE stuff? | If you can afford an FIE blade, buy an FIE blade....it's not a matter of being of appropriate experiecne to use them. If you want the most for your money, an FIE blade's the way to go based on longevity...and that's really the prime differance between an FIE and a non-FIE blade....the FIEs generally last a LOT longer.
As for tournament requirements, the only events held on US soil that woudl require FIE gear are FIE tournaments. You can go to US nationals with non-FIE gear so long as it meets the general rules (10cm overlap betgween the jacket and knickers, sewn in bib on the mask, mask passes the 12kg [unch test, etc)
Anything I sell is good for a USFA tourney of any level. | |
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10-25-2005, 04:22 AM
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| Do you break blades much? If you do, it'll probably save you some. If you don't, StM will work just fine.
I'd buy an FIE mask before I bought an FIE blade. However, if you can afford both, go ahead. | |
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10-25-2005, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer sewn in bibs... | As opposed to all of u naughty fencers who staples theirs on...
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10-25-2005, 11:02 PM
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| Look, good blades are like good cars. They feel better, and they last longer. Get the best kind you can afford.
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10-25-2005, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by fencinman89 As opposed to all of u naughty fencers who staples theirs on...
-Tre' | I specified sewn-in because Santelli sold one with a snap-in bib...and I saw it in comp once.... | |
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10-26-2005, 03:28 AM
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| I still see them, i belive the one i saw was a sabre mask, for dry fencing.
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10-26-2005, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by fencinman89 I still see them, i belive the one i saw was a sabre mask, for dry fencing.
-Tre' | Dry or not...there's a reason I don't sell them.... | |
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10-26-2005, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Purple Fencer Dry or not...there's a reason I don't sell them.... | Yeah, like, they're ILLEGAL!!!! 
Hmmmmmmmm. Oh. Sorry. Sicillian. Shouldn't make a difference. I stand corrected. 
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10-26-2005, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mergs Yeah, like, they're ILLEGAL!!!!
Hmmmmmmmm. Oh. Sorry. Sicillian. Shouldn't make a difference. I stand corrected. | That's it....I'm sending my cousins Guido and Nunzio your way....you know the type, big guys, no necks, brains in their biceps...etc. | |
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10-26-2005, 11:19 PM
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| Glad see sabrists run in the family! 
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