07-15-2008, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by trafl926  They look like dildos, fat curved dildos | Excellent! Is there a model that comes with a "vibrate" option? | 
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07-15-2008, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by KidLazy Fat (size of LP Fiberglass grip), curved, PBT French Alum. core, hard plastic tubing for the first layer, then soft silicone sugerical tubing as outer cover.
Another word... | Sounds powerful, can someone show me a picture, cannot find a single one online...
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07-15-2008, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JonTong Sounds powerful, can someone show me a picture, cannot find a single one online... | Someone had posted a link in an earlier thread, but it no longer works.
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07-15-2008, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by trafl926 For some of the more curved ones, yes but it depends on the amount of curve. | Over the years, the only set of this grips with consistent curve, that I know of, was Ben's.
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Originally Posted by JonTong Sounds powerful, can someone show me a picture, cannot find a single one online... | Speaking of "powerful," try it with Schermasport 2-piece pommel. It is a "powerful" combination.
At the risk of sounding like an Absolute saleman; you can get that pommel from Absolute too, or direct from Negrini.
*Hey GypsyScot, I am selling expensive grips and pommels here. Where is my cut? 
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07-15-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by W. Richmond IMO they are a great improvement on the French grip. | Agh, they are a french grip.
Also, there really is not anything special about them, as people have been using curved handles, ones with built-up thickness and surgical tubing for several decades.
If you can't find them, make your own. They are grips, not computer chips.
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07-15-2008, 03:25 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| The Coach Reith Grip requires you to bend the tang in three place to really get it on with no hassle, they're a *****. | |
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07-15-2008, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JonTong My concern is on how you bend the tang in order to achieve the ideal curve which exactly fits the grip. One of my italian friend brought me some of the curved SCHERMASPORT French Grips, I tried to bend the tang of my BF blade and tried to make it fits the grip. It took me 2 hours and I still couldn't get it in...at last, I gave up...and the BF blade is gone as I could not recover it back to a normal one...so it cannot fit in a regular french grip...
Any advise?? | Use my suggestion of a vise and a plumber's wrench. You can get the desired effect on each inch of the tang. Start with one inch of the tang out of the vise (put a pistol pommel on just to protect the threads) bend a little and then move another inch out of the vise. You can get any curve you want.
I have no doubt that you can straighten it out for a regular French grip using these, the vise and plumber's wrench.
If you can't, and it is not broken, pay postage both ways and I will either strighten it or bend it to fit any grip you send with it. Send me a PM.
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07-15-2008, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JonTong My concern is on how you bend the tang in order to achieve the ideal curve which exactly fits the grip. One of my italian friend brought me some of the curved SCHERMASPORT French Grips, I tried to bend the tang of my BF blade and tried to make it fits the grip. It took me 2 hours and I still couldn't get it in...at last, I gave up...and the BF blade is gone as I could not recover it back to a normal one...so it cannot fit in a regular french grip...
Any advise?? | Do not try to bend the tang; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. [What truth?] There is no tang. Then you'll see, that it is not the tang that bends, it is only yourself.
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07-15-2008, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Do not try to bend the tang; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. [What truth?] There is no tang. Then you'll see, that it is not the tang that bends, it is only yourself.
-B | Zen and the Art of Fencing Armory.
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07-15-2008, 04:17 PM
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| These are Coach Reith Grips, the small l/h is all I have left until Bill sends me more! | |
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10-07-2008, 08:41 AM
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| any tips on attaching one of these things? My buddy just got two and I had the tang bent a fair amount with no success
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10-07-2008, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by trafl926 any tips on attaching one of these things? My buddy just got two and I had the tang bent a fair amount with no success | Try reading fencerbill's post in this thread?  Quote: |
Originally Posted by fencerbill Use my suggestion of a vise and a plumber's wrench. You can get the desired effect on each inch of the tang. Start with one inch of the tang out of the vise (put a pistol pommel on just to protect the threads) bend a little and then move another inch out of the vise. You can get any curve you want.
I have no doubt that you can straighten it out for a regular French grip using these, the vise and plumber's wrench.
If you can't, and it is not broken, pay postage both ways and I will either strighten it or bend it to fit any grip you send with it. Send me a PM. |
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10-07-2008, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by piste off A little K-Y?
R- | "His and Hers' KY might make things "match up" a little better...might improve the "connection" 
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10-07-2008, 04:01 PM
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| I tried bending the tang with the wrench several times and nothing, a little more detail maybe would help.
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10-07-2008, 04:04 PM
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| I just pound on it with a hammer... | |
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10-07-2008, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by trafl926 I tried bending the tang with the wrench several times and nothing, a little more detail maybe would help. | Like I said in post #27, leave a little out of the vise, do a little bend, then move more of the tang out of the vise and repeat.
You do need the plumber's wrench. The advantage it has is that the jaws are at right angles to the length so the direction of the bend depends on how you orient the wrench.
I can post pictures if you wish.
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10-09-2008, 11:33 AM
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| Here's how I get them on
I use these grips exclusively and will probably continue to use them as long as they're available. 
Here's how I get them onto the tang of a new blade: - I start by bending the tang little by little using the round open end of an adjustable wrench. It enables me to gently put a smooth bend throughout the tang, rather than ending up with a bend that's more pronounced in one area of the tang than in another (which can make it reeeeaaally hard to fit them on.) You want a gentle curve that follows the curve of the hole running through the grip.
- In between the incremental bends I try to fit it onto the grip to see how close I'm getting and where the tang needs more bending. With a good eye and a lot of patience you can get a bend in the tang that complements the curved hole that runs through the grip.
- Sometimes the grip will still not slide all the way on -- in which case I just place the blade in a vise and turn the grip clock-wise a number of times until it's almost in place. As you turn it, the threads guide it right down the tang. When it's close to all the way on, put your pommel on and then tighten the pommel to guide the grip the rest of the way down until it's in place. (I use the pommel to guide it down about the last half inch if the tang because, if you continue turning the grip clockwise to guide it all the way on, it's hard to get the contact wires lined up properly with the open groove in the grip.)
All that being said, I use FIE BF Blue blades. I understand that the effort required to place a bend in the tang can vary from one brand of blade to another.
Honestly, it's not that hard. This approach just takes some patience. You could also just tap it on with a hammer as Telk suggests and get the same result. Either way, you'll probably need a bench with a vise.
Good luck!
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