LM Foil Blade

To be fair, I should say that this is not a remarkably poor blade either. I purchased it on the belief that it would have similar characteristics to a BF blade in terms of feel but perhaps be slightly more durable (if slightly stiffer). The balance of this blade (I used it first with a Zivkovic BII then a belgian grip) felt ok. Not too heavy, but certainly not light enough that I felt like my attacks arrived faster than normal (I have this feeling with some lighter blades out there like the LP Flickmaster). There was not the amazing since of the point that a Vniti offers but I certainly felt that as I trained my fingers to be the principal movers of the weapon, the point was generally heading in the direction I intended. 

While there are certainly stiffer blades out there, I would not rate this one that high in terms of flexibility. However, I believe that it was reasonably flexible enough for someone adept with their fingers to execute a flick. I'm not a flicker at the moment but I did have some encouraging results practicing flicks with this weapon. 

The blade was resistant to taking the kind of curve I wanted. It would occasionally develop a small kink that was sometimes easy to deal with and other times more challenging.

Ultimately, after 2 years or so (somewhere around there anyway),  a friend went to bend the blade with his hand (which had a small kink) and it broke there in his hands. 

If this blade was amazing in terms of balance, point control, or it maintained its shape to an appreciable degree (less kinks for example), I would keep it as a reliable weapon. However, considering that it did none of these things remarkably well, I would not feel comfortable replacing the LM every 2 years or so. I should also note that this bad boy costs $139-- clearly one of the more expensive blades. All things considered, I do NOT recommend the LM blade.