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Complete Italian Standard Foil
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Complete Italian Standard Foil.
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The best italian foil.
Posted by Angel Marin on 29th Apr 2024
I have been looking for an Italian foil for a long time.
Among all that I have found, this one is probably the best.
The first thing to note is that the blade is not a common blade and is Italian style.
What makes the difference is that you can touch and flex the blade up and down without a problem, it's not just one side.
This is important because Italian fencing plays with the hand in the third position (pronated) and 4.6 (supinated).
The other thing is that the leaf ends with a ricasso, that is, an extra part of the leaf that is not the spike.
ALL the Italian florets that I have seen on the market are modern blades with an adapted grip that is a false ricaso, that is, an extra part of the grip to hide the tang.
No leaf is like that and that's why it's worth it.
I give it 4 stars because I didn't like that the ring and cross guard are made of aluminum and the blade is very hard, it can break.
This is all for now, when it breaks I will give my experience.
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More details needed
Posted by Burbank Jung on 22nd Apr 2014
I owned a ricasso italian foil before and was grateful to find the Fencing Post offering it at a reasonable price.
Two details need to be mentioned. First, the white grip is not smooth, as it appears on the photo but checkered. I would prefer a dark colored grip like my original italian foil but I can settle for the white grip. Second, the foil is offered is not ambidexerous like my original foil. Instead, the italian foil offered by the Fencing Post is either right or left handed because the guard turns the blade by a slight degree. Currently, no mention is made of this. I would have preferred an ambidexerous grip but still prefer having this foil than settling with one with a french grip.