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Sabre: rubber grip v leather grip v wood grip Which one do you prefer? And why?
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Can't feel the difference through the glove, pretty much.
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Prefer rubber for the tactile feel through the glove. "Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand afoot ahead." -- Dennis Pierce, 2010 Bulwer-Lytton contest, detective fiction category runner-up.
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 Originally Posted by Peach  Prefer rubber for the tactile feel through the glove. are you just trying to spite KD5MDK?
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Rubber over metal specifically is my preference. The leather over wood always unravels and tend to break. Rubber over metal lasts forever. I don't care as much for the rubber over plastic. Craig at Fencing.net has some really good prices on rubber over metal grips. It is a good grip and the best price I have seen on a good rubber over metal grip. Check it out here if you want. Just another lost soul saved by the (hit) First Church of EPEE!
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Originally Posted by Chafunkta are you just trying to spite KD5MDK? Nope. I just have a different experience, that's all.  "Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand afoot ahead." -- Dennis Pierce, 2010 Bulwer-Lytton contest, detective fiction category runner-up.
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I have one with a maple handle with cross-hatched grooves that Maestro Lejos Csiszar gave me 45 years ago. If I had more I would use them. I have been using the Uhlmann rubber over plastic. When they split, I buy a new one. Whoopee! My avatar is back.
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How does rubber over anything last forever? The rubber will either plasticize or split.. . I now dangle to the left....my tassle. Get your minds out of the gutter.
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I put a tennis over-grip over my leather handle with considerable improvement of feel and control.
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Originally Posted by bigdawg2121 How does rubber over anything last forever? The rubber will either plasticize or split.. . I don't know the whys or hows of it, but speaking of both French grips and saber grips in my experience, I get a lot more life out of rubber over metal than I do over rubber/plastic or leather/wood. I think it depends a fair amount on the type of rubber of course. However, granted forever is a bit strong. I have rubber over metal French grip that is 3+ years old though and it is still going strong. A little slick in a couple of spots, but easily fixed with a bit of grip tape. I don't have any leather/wood grips that have made it that long and the rubber/plastic tend to split or break before they get very old. Maybe I just torque them down to much? Not sure and as always YMMV. Just another lost soul saved by the (hit) First Church of EPEE!
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Originally Posted by crquack I put a tennis over-grip over my leather handle with considerable improvement of feel and control. one coach uses a tennis racket handle on his epee. he literally sawed off the handle of a tennis racket and turned it into a grip.
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Polystyrene grip Rubber over metal seems to be a good idea. How about the Negrigni one "Grip for Sabre in Polystyrene - Art. 5601"? It is in polystyrene. That sounds a bit strange. I guess it isn't grippy, right?
http://www.negrini.com/eng.php?conte...sciabola&cat=6
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I perfer leather over rubber because the leather will comform to your hand from the sweat. I have used wood and cord handles and rubber but I like leather Tim Loomis
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Originally Posted by bigdawg2121 How does rubber over anything last forever? The rubber will either plasticize or split.. . It sure doesn't last forever for me - the two things I have to replace regularly in a sabre are the blade and the rubber grip. "Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand afoot ahead." -- Dennis Pierce, 2010 Bulwer-Lytton contest, detective fiction category runner-up.
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