Estoc Screwless Epee Point
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Summary: Nice PointMarch 28th, 2004
I heard about these points just after an epee tournament in which I lost nine screws in the course of the tournament. AAARGH! They seemed like a lightning bolt from above at the time.
After ordering these points I found them easy to install. Not being a great armomrer I was able to get them in and the wires set and all that really easily. Setting them afterwards I had the same problems as mentioned earlier, that the springs can come out of adjustment easily. I did some eperimenting and found the superglue did the trick to solve this. I have been told by a local armorer that the springs are a little longish and can be modified to be less tempermental.
What I liked the most about this tip is how quickly and easily it went together. I could adjust for a flakey shim test while on deck and still have time to watch the end of the preceding bout.
I had experienced the same point unscrewing problem in practice when I first installed these points. The fix here was to screw the tip half way in and then put a dab of blue (not red) locktite on the threads. That gave it enough grip to stay in the barrel yet still smoothly disassemble later.
I have not had a chance to do hundreds of practice bouts with these points, but think they will wear well. Time will tell if the nylon bushing is prone to wear and binding, or the point shaft which is much narrower than other epee points is succeptible to damage. Both concerns I had putting them together.
In the end, there are problems with this tip, but none of them show stoppers, and easily surmounted. The benefits far outweigh these little burbles. As the use of these points matures I think they will prove dead reliable.
After ordering these points I found them easy to install. Not being a great armomrer I was able to get them in and the wires set and all that really easily. Setting them afterwards I had the same problems as mentioned earlier, that the springs can come out of adjustment easily. I did some eperimenting and found the superglue did the trick to solve this. I have been told by a local armorer that the springs are a little longish and can be modified to be less tempermental.
What I liked the most about this tip is how quickly and easily it went together. I could adjust for a flakey shim test while on deck and still have time to watch the end of the preceding bout.
I had experienced the same point unscrewing problem in practice when I first installed these points. The fix here was to screw the tip half way in and then put a dab of blue (not red) locktite on the threads. That gave it enough grip to stay in the barrel yet still smoothly disassemble later.
I have not had a chance to do hundreds of practice bouts with these points, but think they will wear well. Time will tell if the nylon bushing is prone to wear and binding, or the point shaft which is much narrower than other epee points is succeptible to damage. Both concerns I had putting them together.
In the end, there are problems with this tip, but none of them show stoppers, and easily surmounted. The benefits far outweigh these little burbles. As the use of these points matures I think they will prove dead reliable.
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