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I post my successes, so I think it's only fair that I post some of my failures as well. In this case not so much a failure, but the inability to fully comply with the customer's requests. The problem with making "clone" blades is that even commercial blades can have a great variation within the...

I do like to step out of the box 🙂 Yes, the head size is the standard 157x150mm.

This is getting a bit off topic but here's the comparison. I don't have the exact HL5 head shape, but I have my own 160x152 shape which is better for comparison sake. The wings on the HL5 are a bit different and the handle is also smaller. But here we can see that enlarging the head size doesn't...

Purely out of curiosity, I wanted to make the thinnest (but still playable) blade possible. So I used hard components, but that would keep the weight still reasonable, 5 layers of Mahogany and 2 of Super-Carbon. Well, I just had to try this one, even if just briefly, so I'm selling it at a...

Yes, I will try to do that later. Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk

No worries, I didn't feel attacked, nor was I trying to attack you, or Stiga for that matter. I just want to clarify things. Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk

In case you have missed it earlier, I have said that my standard shape is 157x150 mm, very close to a Viscaria, and the norm for most blades. I probably should have added measurements to clarify that. But you are right, it wasn't objective enough so I will compare it against the their own...

Yes, fineline is comprised of individually glued pre dyed sheets of wood. For a big company stuff like this is easy, but I have to glue all those layers individually so it's a lot of work. They use various woods to dye, but mostly light colored woods that won't change the color being used. The...

I don't like being subjective so here's an objective comparison of the two shapes. The location of the center of gravity on the Cyber is 0.5cm higher than my standard shape. Let's take for example a 90g Viscaria with a balance of 2.7cm, with the Cyber shape the balance would be 3.2cm. Now...

I've tried a few, water based, poly based, oil based, shellac... Some give better results than others, and it's true, the wood your applying it on also makes a difference. But in the end a sealer, seals... If moisture has nowhere to go it will stay between your hand and the handle, making it...

Not really... You can just get an Inspira, it's obvious by the pics it's the same composition, but this was confirmed by Stiga as well. So, Koto top ply and a Kiri core, not Ayous, with the fiber next to it, not Stiga tradition at all. According to them they have no intention (for now) of making...

Normally I don't, I only seal the handle if requested. Sealed handles can be slippery and, to me, performance trumps looks. Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk

One more flag to the collection. I need to make a world map to register the countries I've "visited" 🙂 Composition: Hinoki / Ayous / I-C / Ayous / I-C / Ayous / Hinoki Weight: 90g Thickness: 6.05mm Freq.: 1230Hz Balance: 3.1cm (Med)

This one? Made it some time ago. The Hinoki wasn't top quality, that's why it became a test blade. But I'm curious to know how Hinoki works for you.

Thanks! Do you mean the brown wood? That's Mahogany.

Commissioned asymmetric blade. SDC Ice cream? Composition: Framiré / I-C / Ayous / Kiri / Ayous / ALC / Koto Weight: 84.5g Thickness: 5.8mm Freq.: 1400Hz Balance: 3.2cm (Med)

Innegra is lightweight synthetic fiber made from polyolefin polypropylene, basically a tough plastic. It won't do much as far as increasing the speed of a blade, on the contrary, when used in its plain form it provides energy dissipation and vibration dampening. So, I thought it would be great...

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Talking about crazy shapes, here's a commissioned blade with Tibhar's old swing shape. Composition: Hinoki / ALC / WRC / WRC / WRC / ALC / Hinoki Weight: 90.8g Thickness: 6.8mm Freq.: 1400Hz Balance: 2.1cm (Very Low)

That one isn't protected, right? Because I've just made one 😂