SG Electric Foil Blade

A decent standard blade. I purchased one and noticed immediately that it was extremely light. The low weight is nice and the blade is fairly flexible (I have a medium). However, it is difficult to get bends out of it, which has proved to be a problem.

I\'m pretty gentle with my blades, so durability isn\'t something that\'s really important to me. However, I\'ve seen quite a few of these break.



They\'re extremely flexible. It\'s a toss up whether the old Leon Paul Etoiles are more or less than these. No action except a flick is possible with one of these (which would have been fine three years ago). I had to constantly rewire my blades. Maybe I just wired them poorly, but I think the sheer flex the wire was subjected to had something to do with it.



They\'re pretty rectangular in the forte, and they\'re very light. If there were a stiff version (instead of medium and soft), I might try that out.



All in all, I\'ve paid more for less, but not many times.

The SG foil blades are terrible. The blade I has will not keep its a straight shape. Whatever direction it bends, it stays. The blade is like clay! I think it has such trouble maintaining proper shape because it isn't as thick as the other blades I have.

I bought 2 of these and the first one broke after about a little over 2 weeks, the second one is due to break any day now, but it has exceeded my expectations to over a month. Theyre really flicky but they break way too easily

i had 2 SG blades, though im not sure wether they were soft or medium, i am assuming they were soft because they were VERY easy to flick with. I too was extremely happy with their performance, but was dismayed when they broke, both times when trying to fix a bend that was not too severe. I have replaced them with FIE France Lames blades, but In my opinion they are too light, and do not offer enough point control for me. but i must say, if the SG blades were made to last longer, once my other StM blade breaks, i would readily replace it with a SG blade.



~Jes

The SG blades come in two varieties, soft or medium. The medium blades I have had have not held up very well, but the soft blades have outlasted my expectations. I still have two from the original four that I bought about 8 months ago. One is out of service until I get around to replacing the tip, but the other is a backup/loaner weapon that I actually break out at tourneys for certain situations.



The overall blade itself is the standard square foil shape need the tang, and flattens out as it approaches the tip. The whole thing is finished in a dark bronze/brown finish that both serves to protect the blade from rust and corrosion and helps it not look like an incredibly cheap blade.]



The finish is very durable, and has lasted longer than the finish on any of my SM weapons. The blade does have fairly soft sharp edges, so if you fence against a strong-armed person it will quickly develop nicks and chips. These are easily taken down with a medium grade file.



As I mentioned earlier these blades are great for flicking, and have a very good blade dynamic. They tend to flex about midway up the blade. The weapons are light and buoyant with good point feel.



Having said that the soft ones tend to take a little getting used to as they are so flexible that just a hard parry will send them wobbling, and forget about a beat attack against an experienced fencer. His blade will be back in position before your tip straightens out, and if you are not careful the tip of your weapon might just get you an off target on the floor!



The medium blades are a bit more reasonable as far as their whippy-ness. It is much less extreme and easy to control. That coupled with their lightweight gives them an excellent feel. The trade off is that these blades seem very fragile. Both of mine have broken within about 4 months.



All things being equal, I would not say that these are good blades for beginners or for serious competition. They are too whippy for new fencers to control well, and a heavy competitor will snap them very quickly. Where this blade shines is either with the person just learning the flick, the young person who cannot flick or use for long periods a heavier blade, or the local competitor that needs a good flicking blade but does not fence more than a couple of times a week.

This blade is has a gray/light brown finish that is corrosion resistant. The blade is quite light and very flexible, allowing 12 year-olds to flick. The blades are relatively quite cheap, but they break quite easily.