Uhlmann Electric Foil Point
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Summary: Jeckle and Hyde of tipsJuly 25th, 2003
I have a serious love hate thing with the German tips. I love that fact that they are probably the longest lasting tips around, I love that I never have to worry that they will pass the weight test, and I love the smooth travel and feel of the tips... Right up until they get used for a while. And then the hate begins.
I hate that the barrels dent very easy. This quickly makes it hard to land a touch as the travel becomes choppy and unreliable. It is a fairly simple thing to use a punch to straighten out the dents in the barrel. So you unwind your tape to begin removing your barrel, only to find that what was a nice screw tip when you put the tape on is now metallic hamburger. The hate grows.
There are a few ways to get the screws out in the end, but it is much more work that it should be, and the weak barrels means that you will need to take them out a fair amount if you fence often.
So, the week barrels combined with horrible screw design keep this from being the best type of tip on the market. In recent years they have made a V2A tip that is a stronger barrel, but has the same flawed exposed screw design.
A friend of mine told me that you can solve the whole problem by taking a soda can, cutting out a piece of aluminum to match the barrel, and just wrap the sheet aluminum around it before you tape it up. While he swears by the method, and it sounds good, I have not gotten around to trying it.
I hate that the barrels dent very easy. This quickly makes it hard to land a touch as the travel becomes choppy and unreliable. It is a fairly simple thing to use a punch to straighten out the dents in the barrel. So you unwind your tape to begin removing your barrel, only to find that what was a nice screw tip when you put the tape on is now metallic hamburger. The hate grows.
There are a few ways to get the screws out in the end, but it is much more work that it should be, and the weak barrels means that you will need to take them out a fair amount if you fence often.
So, the week barrels combined with horrible screw design keep this from being the best type of tip on the market. In recent years they have made a V2A tip that is a stronger barrel, but has the same flawed exposed screw design.
A friend of mine told me that you can solve the whole problem by taking a soda can, cutting out a piece of aluminum to match the barrel, and just wrap the sheet aluminum around it before you tape it up. While he swears by the method, and it sounds good, I have not gotten around to trying it.
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