Electric Foil

[mejc]

I want to purchase an electric foil and i was wondering if their is a difference in the quality of the foil i.e. durability, performance etc. depending from whcih vendor u purchase it from or is it pretty much the same?
CHEERS

[CvilleFencer]

Check out the reviews page. There is a ton of good information there. Also, if you told us how you fence (flick, hard parries, hard hitter, etc.), how long you have fenced, and rather or not you are looking for a practice or an electric blade we could give you a better answer.

My short answer is to go with a Vniti that has a good German tip and decent (read Uhlmann or LP) furniture. It is a great blade that is FIE, does not cost a fortune, and will last just about forever!

Good luck!

[Craig]

Originally posted by mejc
I want to purchase an electric foil and i was wondering if their is a difference in the quality of the foil i.e. durability, performance etc. depending from whcih vendor u purchase it from or is it pretty much the same?
CHEERS

You can look up some complete foils and parts at the reviews section: http://www.fencing101.com/reviews/ . Most of the vendors will put on "generic" (read chinese or russian) parts unless you specify that you want the "good" (german, Leon Paul) parts. I've found that the "name brand" parts tend to be of higher quality and last longer than the cheapies.

Let us know what you end up getting and how it performs for you.

Cheers,
Craig

[mejc]

Originally posted by CvilleFencer
Check out the reviews page. There is a ton of good information there. Also, if you told us how you fence (flick, hard parries, hard hitter, etc.), how long you have fenced, and rather or not you are looking for a practice or an electric blade we could give you a better answer.

Well i have been fencing for about 3yrs and really bad at it...i don't parry hard though i am usually a hard hitter and i ocasionally throw in the odd flick or two but usually by chance

[mejc]

Originally posted by Craig
You can look up some complete foils and parts at the reviews section: http://www.fencing101.com/reviews/ . Most of the vendors will put on "generic" (read chinese or russian) parts unless you specify that you want the "good" (german, Leon Paul) parts. I've found that the "name brand" parts tend to be of higher quality and last longer than the cheapies.

Let us know what you end up getting and how it performs for you.

Cheers,
Craig

Thanx craig i'll take a look and try and come up with my selection