This is the exact reason why I'm guessing balsa.
But actually many wood types have lines at the end grain.
In short, I think either is fine- but for me, from a switch to TG2 commercial (unboosted) and TG2 Neo on the BH I noticed another significant gain in
alas26 24 Minutes AgoKiri is the middle ply of Primorac carbon. You can tell by the grain. Balsa is softer and easily gets dented by your fingers and it has this lines when
yogi_bear 29 Minutes AgoThe single ply Hinoki Blades you mentioned are about 9mm thick.
Most commercial balsa blades have some sort of fibre to create stiffness.
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Alternative to Primorac Carbon
My blade would be 7mm thick with 3 layers reinforcing each other. I think it should be stronger, but maybe not by much.
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