Deluxe Foil/Epee combination test weight, brass

The deluxe version of a necessary tool offers extra benefits. The design is also a screw-apart, two stage combination weight, but it is cast of smooth brass, shiny like a modern statue. The advantage is that brass can live in the moisture of fencing bags without corroding. There is also a hole drilled through the bottom section of the weight. This is a channel that checks the straightness of the foil or epee near the tip. If the top is bent or crimped, the weight won’t settle directly on the point and you won’t get a true reading on the state of the point. Useful and beautiful, shiny and exact, like a weight from an old apothecary shop.