I had Walter Triplette explain to me once that "this one's a foil rapier,
and that one's an epee rapier." These weapons all had four quillions
mounted ninety degrees to one another.

> You wanna be careful to tell Tripplette just what you want though -
> they get weird ideas --
> 1) Once I ordered some sabre pommels without looking and they sent
> me some weird round nuts ...I guess they just fine and dandy
> functionaly - but they didn't do it for me aestheticaly at all.
> 2) The more problematic purchase was when I bought a "schlagger"
> blade with epee furniture. Silly me, I assumed they would adjust to
> the wider tang by expanding the hole in the bell. Instead, they
> ground down the tang.
>
> --- In classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com, Tyson Cecka
> <gototyson@c...> wrote:
>>
>> Hello ray,
>>
>> My club and the salles I've been involved with have had good
>> experience with Triplette. They are also the only place I've found
>> with the "WKC" blades, a solingen blade that is only threaded
> where it
>> needs to be for french or italian grips, so it doesn't have the
> weak
>> point in the middle of the grip, know what I mean? They are a bit
> busy
>> now with website stuff, but if you call James is really nice and
>> accommodating.
>>
>>
>> > Dear All: help. I began fencing in 1949 and have never
>> > bought from anyone else except Santlli. I live in the
>> > D. C. area which I suppose does not matter-but can
>> > anyone make some recommendations for just ordinary
>> > fencing suppliers? I don't even know whether others'
>> > weapons will mix with Santelli, blades to guards to
>> > pommels-could use some help on that one also. For my
>> > part I promise to get onto the duel-copying job as
>> > soon as we are all well again.I do not do electric.
>> > Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated. Ray Smith
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>> Tyson mailto:gototyson@c...
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