What EPEE blades do you use?

[IU_Epee]

I love new StM blades, but after only a month or two they tend to get funky bends. Currently, I have one StM, one BF white, and one BF blue. When these break, I'll go entirely with BF blue.

[c3l2vantes]

I have two absolute blades, one very stiff {good for point control} and the other very flicky (which i tend to use more often}. both of them handel quite well respectively

[sjpfencer220]

moslty BF FIE because... well, I'm not quite sure why, I just know that I like them. I have some StM FIE blades too though and those are fine. Wait, I'm a foilist... oh no, this is a dark side poll... what am I doing?!?!

[GorillaSmile]

I have an Absolute gold that I like pretty well and a Leon Paul non-Fie that I am getting used to.

[hammockbear]

every one i talk to says that they hate Blue-gauntlet weapons but i have one for over a year and it is more rely able that an STM blade that i bought a just va few months ago. my brothers bg was not so lucky how ever.

[Jim Letson]

Everybody is saying that the BF FIEs are brittle, but I've not had that experience. I've got two BF whites, one I bought nearly two years ago, and one that I bought about a year and a half ago. They've both taken several nasty bends, about six inches from the tip and about eight inches from the guard, and they hardly show it, if at all.

I like the Vniti FIE blades if I'm feeling confident in wrist-flicks, but I don't use them often because I don't like to get into a repertoire that entirely involves flicks. After a while of constant flicking, I find it hard to feint the pick properly and then hit straight if the arm moves. It gets me into trouble.

That, and the BF blade that I use most often is starting to get more and more flexible. I wonder if that means I'll be in the market for a new one soon.

[KD5MDK]

It might depend when they were made.

[BySword]

I have a LP non-fie, though it's light but I always have a feeling that I am not able to feel the blade, not even mentioning the point. But then again it's a personal preferrence, other may not think the same. I think it's not that light anyway, besides how it's balanced is more important.

[parryDoh]

I have the greatest epee blade ever produced. Bought it from the club, was left by a fencer that quit well before I joined up. Only gave 5 bucks for it and it has lasted for years. The tip finally messed up this summer and I'm in the process of rewiring it. The markings on the blade have been worn away to they point that they are unreadable, so I have no idea of what kind it is. It may be of divine origins.

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Ah, one of those blades....

[swordsen]

I have several old France Lame blades that I bought at Triplettes dump these things sale. I will cry when the last of them breaks.

[arc]

When I was at Caltech, I acquired a number of the old, old BF-made Prieur blades, along with one Leon Paul blade from before they shifted to the stamped blades ... and the bunch lasted me until Nationals 2000, when I broke 4 blades in one DE bout.

I now use BF FIE blades, either from Triplette or Uhlmann. The stiffer, the better.

[tehcow]

Preferred blade is BF, currently I have one BF white and one LM. the Lamet (sic) was as stiff as a pole for months, but has started bending more and unfortunately holding bends more now. I've been told that this may relate to the end of its life being near. I really don't like the Leon Paul blades, StM is okay and the StM 'N' blades are cheap and readily available.