Y10 foils

[passata_sotto]

Passata_Sotto

To put it bluntly, there is a very, very small market for the manufactures to make a high end blade for y10 or y12's. You are diffrent in the light of most parents complain about a $45 wired #2 foil. With no known knowledge of a child wanting to continue to fence after age 12, most parents look to get the cheapest/least expensive equiptment they can get away with in regards to weapons.

Take my hat off to you for looking, yet very little out there.

Here is a web site that carries better quality blades in a #2

http://triplette.com/catalog/index.php

Click on Blades; click on TCA (which are BF's), click on wired or non wired maraging; pick size 30 or 32; pick white, blue or gold, and your set for a super high end blade for foil or epee.

Gary Spruill

Thanks for the help.
I just ordered a " Pick and choose foil" with an StM blade from Craig and Fencing.net store but I will definitely look into these at Nationals (or maybe before )

[DHCJr]

Donald:
Agree with you totally! There is so much mis-information out there coupled with little to no communication it drives inconsistency in the weirdest/wildest areas. Way too many examples to go into, yet I know you understand what I mean.

Grand fathering certification:

Well???? mixed emotions on this issue.
Had dinner with Dan D the other night in CA. Oddly enough, he himself is not certified yet. There is only 2 to 3 Armour’s in the US that could test him in my opinion. Kind of hard to do. Yet I have also met some Armourer’s that state 30+ years of experience and pass masks with a 4" hole in a saber bib???
In my opinion: Lets all go through the program, get certified, get recognized as a unified entity, and move on!

Gary Spruill

In Dan's oppinion there is only one in the World who is qualified to test him and that of course is Joe. The trouble is, someone got to Joe and convinced him that there should be grandfathering, so Joe will have nothing to do with certification, even though he was also on the committee and created the certification and decided on No grandfathering.

I have always said I don't like the number of levels the committee came up with. 3 levels to cover the 2 best in the world down to club Armorers. The referees have 10 for the USFA plus 2 more for international.

How can I have been put at the highest level or anyone else who was certified at level 1 be at the same level that Dan or Joe would be at.

I also think it is an insult to pay Dan or Joe less than a referee who is not qualified to work the finals at a NAC.

I apologize to all for getting on my soapbox and getting off the subject.

[KD5MDK]

I also think it is an insult to pay Dan or Joe less than a referee who is not qualified to work the finals at a NAC.

On the other hand, All the armorers get paid more than referees rated below a 2.
And some of those 3s may well be doing the finals at a NAC.

[DHCJr]

On the other hand, All the armorers get paid more than referees rated below a 2.
And some of those 3s may well be doing the finals at a NAC.

The first part I agree is a problem. The second part, they shouldn't be doing the round of 8, unless they are being tested according to the Referee Manual.

The referees are a lot better at communication.

[KD5MDK]

Everybody is always being tested.