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I like the second one as well! Nice job.
Surprised to see Kiri as center-ply, while most innerfibre blades have Ayous as core.
Did you already had chance to play with it? I'm curious about the blade characteristics
Just CRIMINAL it is...
Kiri is pretty common.... Adding more direct feel.. Good for blocking and smashing..
. Nice blades BTW.
Just CRIMINAL it is...
Hi Nate,
Here is the picture of my blade...
Mas
This is a blade I used for the 40mm celluloid ball. It was made by Charlie Smith. If I recall, the core was a .15 inch high density hinoki, second ply was koto, and the outer ply was WRC. Do you need dimensions?
Hmmm. somehow, I think George gunna love those handles, then his EJ mind is gunna want another 32 blades to try. Do Ur best Nate, you are getting 4x member points by spending time on the handles.
Through an "internet-accident", I ended up with some Sen wood (Japanese Ash). Not quite the same as the white ash used in the Nittaku Violin's construction, but I think it turned out nicely all the same. Since my Sen was a little thinner than I imagined the real-Violin's white-ash plies to be, I beefed up the kiri core (and overall thickness) by 0.4 mm to compensate.
Fake-taku Violin:
Composition: Sen-Sen-Kiri-Sen-Sen
Handle: Walnut and Maple
Weight: 79 grams
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Glue: Hide
Peak Frequency: 1,194 hz
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Just curious, what's your opinion on how the sen wood plays? I've been using sen for quite a few of my blades and it seems to be just a touch softer than white ash, but I can't find any information online about its objective hardness or anything. The sen I found online was a "curly" type cut, so as an outer layer, it looks beautiful.
That's awesome that you've been using Sen in your builds as well! Unfortunately, I have not been able to play for the past few months due to Coronavirus, so I have not had a chance to try it out yet. Like you've suggested, I can't find much online about its wood properties but stuff I've come across agrees with you (that it's softer than white ash). I get the sense it should be a great outer ply, but it feels a little flatter/dead than I would typically put in a medial ply (this is purely speculation based on how it feels for a bare-blade test, so I'll have to wait until I can try it). The Sen I got was from "CertainlyWood" (fairly straight grain with some fiddleback-like features), who has been a very reliable veneer company during my time as a blade-maker.