Ultralight Sabre Guard
Lightweight version of fully insulated S99 guard. It has copper rivets to distinguish it from our standard guard. Leon Paul was the first company to use aircraft grade aluminium alloy to produce lightweight guards. Unlike other lightweight guards ours are heat tempered after forming to give them a hard yet springy quality that gives them their increased durability. Our lightweight sabre guards are 37% lighter than our standard guards. After testing guard designs made from a single piece of material we have found that after heavy use the guard starts to wear away where it is in contact with the tang of the blade. All our guards are reinforced at the tang with a second layer of aluminium and our lightweight guards have copper rivets to distinguish them from our normal range.
Weight 97g Product Code: S99LW
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Unfortunately the edges do tend to "chip" fairly easily over a few weeks and as a result you're left with a lovely sharp serrated edge!
Other than the edge the guard is very durable and keeps its shape better than some of the "heavyweight" guards.
With a rolled edge this would be the perfect guard.
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March 18th, 2007
On the plus side, they're light. Honestly though, I can't tell if they're any lighter than the average Leon Paul guard when I'm fencing with them.
I would just stick with the regular guards.
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it may scratch and nick easy but i told them i wanted a LIGHTWEIGHT
guard.........and that is what i got ...very very light
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On that note, I think the guard is pretty durable. Of course it has some scratches, but as you all know, they are inevitable. I fenced a beginner once and got a few guard-locks, but it certainly did not break
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November 5th, 2005
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