Epee point won't fit a shim

[mgelman]

I got a couple of epees a while back, but didn't use them much for a while. One of them has a problem with the 1.5mm shim test. It's not that the spring is too tight, but the shaft of the button is too wide. A "standard" shim (I've tried a couple) won't quite fit around the shaft.

While I'm probably just going to put a new point on it, anybody heard of this before? Should I demand extra-wide shims when the director can't do the test on the strip?

[neevel]

The notch in the shim doesn't have to go completely around the point. It just has to go in far enough to demonstrate that there's a minimun 1.5 mm spacing. As long as you can get some part of the shim-- even a flat edge-- to fit in all the way to the shaft, it's fine (though you may want to test at more points around the point to ensure the spacing is even).

-Dave

[DHCJr]

That is very common with Italian Tips. I have found that the Prieur guages usually work for that. But as was said earlier, if the side goes in, that is good enough.