United States Patent 229426 Fencing Foil by B E De Tuscan August 25 1942 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap where wrought-iron fire escapes stack

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United States Patent 229426 Fencing Foil by B E De Tuscan August 25 1942 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap where wrought-iron fire escapes stackUnited States Patent 229426 Fencing Foil by B E De Tuscan August 25 1942 De Tuscan's wartime patent drawing dissects the foil into its essential anatomy pommel, grip, guard, and tapered blade the inventor's diagram of a weapon refined for the salle in an age when American fencing masters still drilled students in the grammar of point and parry. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American archives the U. S. Patent and Trademark