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Thanks for the suggestion Splasher! I was going to try...
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Hello,
This is probably going to sound a bit bonkers but here you go.
I have played with flared handles till a couple of months ago when I got a blade as present, a better blade than the ones I own (supposedly) but with a straight handle. First time I played with it, took me just 10 minutes to make it fly off my hand. Being used to flare and loose grip, it just took off.. I have since used grip tape, I play daily and I got used to it quickly, to the point that now the bottom of a flared handle really bothers me and feels uncomfortable. So I might stick to straight handles from now, but as experiment, I was about to take my flared Yasaka SE and do a bit of a reshaping of the end flare, the idea is to remove the flare by 50% and do a sort of in-between flared-straight. Am I just going to ruin the poor blade forever?Is the handle even partially hollow or I can take as much wood off as I want?
This is probably going to sound a bit bonkers but here you go.
I have played with flared handles till a couple of months ago when I got a blade as present, a better blade than the ones I own (supposedly) but with a straight handle. First time I played with it, took me just 10 minutes to make it fly off my hand. Being used to flare and loose grip, it just took off.. I have since used grip tape, I play daily and I got used to it quickly, to the point that now the bottom of a flared handle really bothers me and feels uncomfortable. So I might stick to straight handles from now, but as experiment, I was about to take my flared Yasaka SE and do a bit of a reshaping of the end flare, the idea is to remove the flare by 50% and do a sort of in-between flared-straight. Am I just going to ruin the poor blade forever?Is the handle even partially hollow or I can take as much wood off as I want?
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