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- From: kgorman@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (GORMAN K - PSYCHOLOGY)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.fencing
- Subject: Re: Maraging blades
- Keywords: safe
- Message-ID: <BzMsJA.L3D@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:45:10 GMT
- References: <1ftjdiINNrfn@crcnis1.unl.edu> <7687@news.duke.edu> <1992Dec19.162920.18021@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- In article <1992Dec19.162920.18021@newstand.syr.edu> tbpho@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Lazarus Churchyard) writes:
- >
- >I was under the impression that maraging blades were specially forged to break
- >cleanly - that is to break and leave flat, blunt ends, avoiding any potentially
- >dangerous slivering or jaggedness. Anyone verify or disprove this?
- >
- This agrees with what I have been told and this is the only reason
- have been given for their use in Elite competitions.
-
- Kathleen Gorman
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