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Old 05-10-2003, 01:42 AM   #1
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blade help!!

hi all.

im in need of a non fie non electric foil blade ,that is durable but flicks very ,very well . im using a gold santelli at the moment (stm?) and it is great in the sence of balance and point control . but it is rather hard to flick with . please give me help!!thanks
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In my experience all non-electric foils are easy to flick with, but there's not much point since no-one would ever call a flick touch in steam!
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For starters, you might want to spend some time concentrating on your technique for landing flicks, rather than what blade you use. Good fencers who know how to execute and land flicks can do it with just about any blade, even a really stiff BF.

If, once you've got your technique down, you still want a 'flickier' blade, you need to understand that you'll be making a trade-off with point control, as the more flexible foible that assists with flicks will also tend to wobble around more after beats or parries. Leon Paul blades are the usual brand that comes to mind when thinking about a light, flexible foil blade. Prieur has apparantly bought up France Lames' forges, and FL blades tended to be fairly flexible up near the foible-- the question is how much Prieur has done to improve on the quality issues that plagued FL's non-maraging blades.

Still, I'd say your best investment if you really want to improve your flicking would be a Favero touch indicator and a practice target (a towel draped over a high-backed chair would do in a pinch) to be used with your exisiting electric foil, rather than trying to obtain the mythical "Foil blade of Flicking, +5".

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Mythical Foil Blade of Flicking +5
And when you have found that you will be ready to obtain the Mythical Sabre Blade of Whipover +5.
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