Special glue for blades, is this real?

[ImperialFencerCJ]

I would just like to point out that I have only been fencing for about 5 months now and I really don't know if this person was just pulling my chain or not. Anyway, I was at the Purdue Open here in West Lafayette, IN, when I saw this gentleman around the age of 27 or so rubbing this, what almost looked like a glue, on his epee. Me, being the curious type of person I am, walked over and introduced myself. I then changed the subject to this rather odd looking glue he was rubbing on his sword. He told me that if you rubbed this glue into your blade , after time it would absorb into the metal and allows your blade to be more flexable and bend more. I also thought I heard one of the other fencers there talking about how he was waiting for something to dry before he used his blade. I don't know if this guy was just kidding around with me, but if not, what is this glue like stuff he was rubbing into his blade? and if it is real, is it legal to use during bouts?

ImperialFencerCJ

[KD5MDK]

I have never heard of anything vaguely resembling something you'd "rub on" to your blade ot make it more flexible.

I have heard people encourage "warming the blade up" with friction, but that involved no glue. I have seen people reglue the wires into their blade between bouts. I have not seen what you describe.

[yeoldearmourer]

30 years of armoury and I have never heard of a glue that makes the blade more flexible he was pulling your leg. If you havn't notice fencers have a weird scenes of humor

[Durando]

Recently bought a mask for a fellow clubmember, a beginner. Before I handed it over to her I patiently explained that the MdA in each salle was charged with submitting every new mask to an FIE hammer test because of insurance reasons, that the test cost 10 euros, and it would be about a week before she got her mask back. She's a sweet, gullible person, so off she went to ask our MdA....

[KD5MDK]

I wonder if we could get Dan DeChaine to tell Mergs that we're moving to a 120 Kg punch test, and could he please manufacture the necessary apparatus?

[Durando]

I wonder if we could get Dan DeChaine to tell Mergs that we're moving to a 120 Kg punch test, and could he please manufacture the necessary apparatus?

And maybe I can become sole supplier of 800N FIE2006 Homologation Spray. You know, at $100/can, it's cheaper than buying new whites. Works on weapons too! Now accepting preorders for 800N FIE2007 spray! 10 percent discount! Garauntee that your equipment will be up-to-date and in conformity with future standards!

[remise]

Unless this guy was fencing with Aladdin's lamp, I can not think of any reason for him to be 'rubbing' glue on his blade.

[D'Art]

Are you sure it wasn't just him using a towel to warm the blade up before using it?

[Durando]

Are you sure it wasn't just him using a towel to warm the blade up before using it?

Couldn't have been just any towel, D'Art....

[SpyderLily]

Couldn't have been just any towel, D'Art....

Nope. It wasn't just any towel. It was a radioactivity-induced flexing towel now being sold by Leon Paul along with their genetically engineered shoes that make your feet smarter. (Yes, the shoes really have genes!)

[Mergs]

I wonder if we could get Dan DeChaine to tell Mergs that we're moving to a 120 Kg punch test, and could he please manufacture the necessary apparatus?

Easy enough to build, but not convince me. And no, I don't take everything Dan says as Gospel. ;0

[Morion]

In short ImperialFencerCJ you were being had!

[ImperialFencerCJ]

Thanks guys, I now know to take what fencers say at tournaments with a grain of salt :P.

[D'Art]

I think a rather large sack of salt would be a better idea...

[lochinvar]

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[little_old_me]

Tell me, sir, will this block of salt help my point control?