Old JO Waldner Banda - Worth the time and effort?

[Liten]

Thanks! Yeah let's hope!

I feel the Rakza rubbers helps me with placement right now. Thing is, my Hybrid Wood is a Off to Off+ blade. What ive found so far is that rubbers like the super soft Boost xt works the best with that blade. The harder chinese rubbers for example, worked SO much better on a softer blade. May be the same with the rakzas.. Ill give em a spin on the Banda.. They arent what the Hybrid Wood needed anyway..

 

[Liten]

If it is a holy grail, im sure it the Monty Python one! [emoji16]

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

"Run away!!!!"


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[Liten]

Hahah!

 

[ajtatosmano2]

How thick is it?

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

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[Liten]

How thick is it?

Just over 6mm

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I can't wait to hear how it plays.


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[Liten]

Question is, sealing this blade with the same spray as last time or hairspray??

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Use hairspray. Last time you had a real thick coat. Try with hairspray first. Then you can really see how the wood feels.


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[Liten]

Such a great movie!

Just put a layer of extra strong hairspray on the blade. I get what you said, much thinner layer! Nice!

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Perfect. In the end, after you feel it, you can decide if you want a more durable layer of sealant. I know I like the sealant to be very thin, so that you barely can tell it was sealed.

And we will see if you have unearthed The Holy Hand-Grenade of Antioc (the ultimate weapon of TT destruction)!


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[Liten]

The thickness of the wings of the handle must be the source of the weight. Their much thicker / bigger than any handle ive tried before. At first, it felt weird but now its quite nice! My gut tells me this is more of a shakehand blade. The thick wings makes you tilt the blade extra when used as penhold..

edit:
Turns out its just the same as my other blades, it just doesn't get thinner towards the head.. Its evenly thick all the way til the "cutaways"..

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Hopefully the source of the extra weight is the density of the wood. Because then the blade will play really well.


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[Liten]

Lets hope!

Still haven't decided what rubbers to glue on there.
Have a few loose rubbers.

Red Stiga Boost XT
Black TG2 Neo

Got the Rakza 7's that can come of the main blade.
A red H3 Neo that can come of the spare..

Hmmm

 

[Liten]

Que the theme from Jaws!

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

It looks like rubbers have been selected. Soon we will find out how destructive The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is.


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[Liten]

Haha!
I tore the Rakzas of the Hybrid Wood. Im going to save up to some nice Stiga Boost xt and ct for that one. They just seemed to fit the pace of that blade from the start. I reglued my old Boost xt and the Friendship 802-1 sp rubber on the BH! That'll be fun!

So lets see how the Rakzas do on the old Banda.
Both are cut for penhold so it will look quite funny!