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Nice that you mentioned that because I was totally forgetting about Cedars. Yes, they are a good option and the next best thing along with cypress. It's all about finding good boards for that, but I still think that Hinoki has a softness that's unique. I have some Western Red Cedar boards with a...

As I've said, one ply blades behave differently. There are a lot more variables to build a good, or at least playable, one ply. Firstly you need stiffness in all directions to have sufficient stability and avoid warping. The only way to achieve this is by increasing the thickness, but this also...

I'm not gonna get into the whole one ply blade thing because they behave a little differently, but I just want to clear up a misconception. A 7 ply blade is not stiffer than a equivalent 5 ply of the same thickness. The only reason commercial 7 plies tend to be stiffer is because they also tend...

No, I use PVA to join the boards. I never done with that many pieces, normally I use 2, maximum 3 when I have to get around a knot or something, but I've seen some old Butterfly blades with that many pieces. It won't make that much difference, the glue joint only adds stiffness (if any) in the...

Interesting backstory with this one. The owner wanted a blade similar to his Acoustic and after a brief discussion we settled on a thinner but harder medial ply, Sycamore Maple instead of Limba, while also opting for hide glue. After trying the blade he stated the feeling was very similar but...

I actually had to make a couple of blades before coming up with one that seemed reasonable. I have no idea if glass-fiber was commonly used, but from what I could gather the production version of this blade didn't had it, so they must've only used it in the prototype.

Thanks to you both!

Apparently there's nothing really special about these blades, but this was one of the most difficult challenges I had so far, but also one of the most fulfilling given the successful outcome. This is what the customer wrote about his experience: "I've been using a custom Kevlar blade that was...

I've made this one some time ago so I had time to test it. My experience with asymmetric blades is that the difference in composition between sides must be really high, in order to get just a bit of difference in performance. The difference between sides in this blades is perceivable, but not...

Another one of my experiments, trying to achieve that holy grail blade, the love child of W968 and Viscaria. Inner/outer combination blade that emphasizes a soft FH and a direct BH. Composition: Limba / Ayous / I-C / Kiri / Ayous / A-C / Anigre Weight: 92.2g Thickness: 6.0mm Freq.: 1335Hz...

I have mixed feelings about Padauk, it releases a very fine red dust that gets everywhere, but sure is pretty to look at :cool: Composition: Limba / Ayous / A-C / Ayous / A-C / Ayous / Limba Weight: 92.3g Thickness: 5.7mm Freq.: 1250 Hz Balance: 2.7cm (Low)

Unfortunately I don't have Hinoki thick enough to make 1 ply blades but I have a really nice Cypress for 3 ply blades. So I made this one with Kiso Hinoki outer and Cypress core. Nice soft feeling with good control, high throw blade, speed is probably in the All+/Off- range. Composition: Kiso...

Made this one a while ago just because I wanted to make a 7ply with a kiri core and also test a 7 ply composition with a big core and thinner outer layer. Feels a bit more elastic than the typical 7ply blade with thick medial layers and not so hard. Speed is probably in the upper Off- range...

It's not the worst looking one :)

I normally have that prerequisite but in this case he had a good reputation on Mytt and we even had some mutual acquaintances so I thought I could trust him. I think something must've happen that caused him to change his behavior. It can also be the flag of Canada! Or even Austria! With a...

He commissioned a inner zlc blade from me and had a few requests. I sent him a PayPal invoice for payment but he never done it and kept giving excuses. I found his behavior suspicious so I never sent the blade. He stopped replying on Instagram and even blocked my account. My loss wasn't that...

Apparently he scammed a few people on Mytt and also tried to scam me (and sort of did...) Sent from my MAR-LX1A using Tapatalk

Making clone blades is really hard. Composition is not the only thing that matters in a blade, there are many other variables that play a part in the performance. That's why you can see so many commercial blades that, despite having the same composition, will play and feel different. By playing...

Looking forward to your review. If you could post it in the other review/impressions thread it would be great. The name actually makes sense because it's bigger than the Violin but not as big as the Violoncello.

A commissioned "Violin" with a bigger head size. Does this mean it's a Viola? :) Composition: Ash / Ash / Kiri / Ash / Ash Weight: 83.1 Thickness: ~5.35mm Head size: 158x152mm Freq.: 1185 Hz Balance: 3.4 cm (Med)