Inside The Fencing Factory - Making The Foil | Faster Higher Stronger

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We enter 'The Fencing Factory' to find out what it takes to design and make an Olympic Fencing foil with expert Ben Paul.
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[@jordanpugh9799]

This is love. This... is... life. I'm almost crying its just so beautiful.

[@dogestranding5047]

Crying over what?

[@Vesivian]

STEEL

[@user-sd5nl8fm6k]

❤️🤺❤️🤺

[@zax1998LU]

Wow, those machines look ancient.

[@thinkwa-1414]

it would probably cost hundreds of thounsands or millions to replace machines that could produce high quality blades like that

[@Olympics]

Thanks for your comments guys, glad you enjoyed this video. Why not check out more from the fencing factory...
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[@CillBinton]

how do they make sure the blade breaks the right way?

[@samsignorelli]

You can't...that's a common misconception about FIE blades.
They are NOT "designed to break flat." The breakage patterns of FIE and non-FIE blades are identical. I've seen plenty of non-FIEs break relatively flat, and plenty of FIEs break with a nice spike at the end
What FIE blades DO do is simply break less frequently....less broken blades means less potential follow-on injury.
FIE blades are safer ONLY in regards to how much less frequently they break....that's it.

[@Order-in-Chaos]

Daddy gave Benny boy the company.

[@halmain7406]

Good video

[@daniellopezeverest]

Do they make these sorts without that button on the tip or any protection on the tip? Or is the tip removable the electronic part? Thank you

[@andrewk.5575]

They do make non-electric foils with plastic tips or a leather button in classical circles, but if you are looking for a sharp weapon than foils are no good because they are by definition practice weapons, the closest thing would probably be a reproduction of 18th century smallsword although that would obviously not have a pistol grip.

[@daniellopezeverest]

@@andrewk.5575 cool thank you

[@albertbresca5801]

they mkae thread on the top of the blade that the barrel is wound onto and the tip slides into held in place with screws.

[@daniellopezeverest]

@@albertbresca5801 thank you! I have already bought a set of each practice Sword they came with a little rubber tip and it looks like the actual tips got cut off on two of my swords and on the saber it has that button tip that looks like they heated up the tip and hammered it into a coin shape LOL

[@l2323l]

what grade of steel?

[@ehehehehehehehehehe543]

the upsetting was pretty upsetting

[@00goop27]

So this is essential forging?

[@ThatOneBlacksmithGuy]

00 goop it’s more akin to stock removal, as the only heat being introduced to the blade is during hardening/tempering

[@mannunain6980]

@@ThatOneBlacksmithGuy hi there,
I need to talk

[@matthewpham9525]

@@ThatOneBlacksmithGuy
There is still some forging done, they mention upsetting to make the base.

[@Rjknight65]

So much preparation for something that lasts for 2 weeks ? (Olympics in my case.)

[@Vesivian]

...

[@csabafenyvesi2412]

you have brain?

[@pushvinderkumar3133]

How to make spool

[@timcuber37]

Foil the fastest point? Haha nope. Sabre takes that by a landslide.

[@maddboy1081]

Lmao... Sabre barely uses the point

[@samsignorelli]

Tell that to my forearm when someone slaps it using my guard as a fulcrum....ouch.