LP Bayonet to Epee

[counter riposte]

A possibility or mere conjecture?

If possible, how?
If not, why?

[DJ Apostrophe]

I assume you are looking to hook up an epee with a bayonette bodycord... i'm assuming so that you wouldnt need to switch cords to go from foil to epee... the problem is that in the bayonette end of the cord there are only two conductors...one conductor is the 'disk' inside of the socket that you put the bayonette into... this is connected to the foil wire (AKA B line) the case of the socket is the C line (blade and guard) and the alligator clip for the lame is the A line... in an epee circut lines A and B are the wires up the blade and the C line is the guard and blade... you would have to add something in the socket to handle the third line... and it would need to connect to the alligator clip and the 2nd wire in the blade... you could put some form of pin or such and use a really long maskcord type setup to connect to the pin and then run up your sleeve and connect to the lame clip behind you... or something similar... in reality.. its probably just easier to switch cords

[Purple Fencer]

Or make a bastard cord with and epee AND a boyonet end (saw one at the LBI with about 5 different plugs on it...looked like an FIE cat o' nine tails!)

Don, Dave, etc...would that be legal on the strip? I'm not at home and can't check my rulebook.

[neevel]

Leaving aside the suggestion of goldberging something together, the answer is no, for the above stated reason that foil sockets have only 2 terminals, while 3 are needed for epee.

Now, if for some reason the voices in your head are insistent that you kludge up an epee connector that incorporates a LP bayonet socket, so long as what you devise meets the conditions in the rules (doesn't project out beyond the edge of the guard, provides a secure connection with a retaining device, can not be readily shorted, allows easy checking of the connection), any type of connector is legal.

If your objective is to have a universal cord so that you don't need to either change cords or wear two cords when fencing foil and epee concurrently, the simpler approach would be to just use an epee socket in the foil with the wire running to the B-line, and then connect a crocodile-clip lead in parallel with the A-line out of the reel-end plug of an epee bodycord. There would be a risk, in foil, of a touch that lands right on the A-terminal on the socket registering a valid touch against you.

-Dave

[counter riposte]

In which case, I will need a new bodycord. Thanks!

[Flagrant da Nut]

whyon earth wuld you think that