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Probably? Although I don't recall any like that, not recently at least.

I seal the face and edges, but just to protect them against moisture absorption and splintering. On the edges this also helps because edge tape can sometimes pull the fibers too. But that's it, if you want something that protects against hitting the table, etc, you have to take much more drastic...

The last blade of this series, then I will be out for a while again. Back to the cave! 😂 #1422 - 3+2 Iz-C- OFF Just because I haven't put a 3+2 for sale in a while here. Pretty straightforward composition, Kumamoto Hinoki is a bit denser than Kiso Hinoki, so it feels a bit less springy as...

Would love to try 🙂

"Claude" had a very good answer overall. I'm not going to comment what he said but I'm going to answer directly to your question. When I talk about lamination, I'm speaking about the fiber layer, not everything else. Sure, all those other things matter, but lamination concerns just the process...

It comes with a sheet of plastic so that the threads don't fall apart, but it's also stitched together with a very spaced apart and fine line.

#1419 - Inner 5+2 - OFF- I always say that wood density dictates more of the feeling than wood species, and that is still true. However, some woods have certain characteristics that stand out, even if the density varies. In this case I'm using Burma Teak for the top ply, which is denser than...

No it isn't 😅

#1420 - Inner GF - OFF-/OFF Douglas Fir, often confused with Spruce, is one of the alternatives to Hinoki. The problem is usually the weight, the average density is higher than Hinoki's, but the particular layers that I've used here are actually quite light. It doesn't have the same springiness...

There is a little bit of both, but these blades don't disturb (too much) the natural order of things. Custom orders are always my main focus, but whenever I get some free time from my blade building job, I like to build blades 😄. Sometimes I have dead spots because layers are in the press...

Yes, it's a good problem to have 🙂. But it also makes me think of how dumb I am. I could earn more money and work way less, if I just opted for the easy way and started to mass produce. Instead, I keep holding on to this silly belief of trying to give people exactly what they want 😂.

#1418 - Outer B-S - OFF Yet another variation on the lamination method of the fiber. My main objective was always to have a better feeling with these types of blades (less glassy), without sacrificing speed, and I do believe it was accomplished. I tested this blade against a Vis, with the same...

#1413 - Outer B-S - OFF/OFF+ I lost count of how many different lamination methods I have, but here's another one. Sometimes they are just little nuances which don't change much, which makes me think that, if a random guy like me is doing these things, then maybe the big "B" is also doing...

#1417 - Outer 5+2 1k Ax-C - OFF- One of my favorite builds in a while, not because the blade itself is amazing, but because this new fabric opens up a lot of possibilities. It's a 90 g/m2 version of my usual Ax-C fabric, so it has only vertical Carbon threads and horizontal Aramid threads. The...

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