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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 10265543, member: 6444&quot;]The end comes to a point at an incorrect taper that looks from here too abrupt and not correct. Maybe different up close. And it shouldn’t be sharp like that for fencing use, certainly not for a child!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume this was a normal length foil that broke, so the new owner decided to grind it off into a sharp point. Foils are heat treated to be flexible, but flexibility has its limits and will break given incorrect handling.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a sword like raver shows since it has no edge, so for fencing not fighting. And I think 19th century Victorian era much more likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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