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Thanks Hookshot so wat you say when buying such blade should look for
consistant color over the blades face thats make sence.

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Hookshot knows his woods... he's probably got a few hinoki trees in his backyard, being seasoned for his next creation

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Another thing I would look for, (if I was in the mood for spending $200 to $400 for a blade) is the grain spacing.
For that price, you want perfection. Looking at the end of the blade held flat with the handle away from you, the grain runs vertical. The dark lines are normally harder than the light lines. The spacing has to do with growing conditions. There might be 100 lines across the blade, that represents 100 years of growth.
If there was 30 warm wet years and then 30 dry years, the spacing will show in the grain spacing. I have looked at the ends of logs alot cutting firewood and this is not uncommon.
During the 30, warm, wet years, more spacing. Dry years less.
Dry years, more hard layers.
Make a difference? I don't know. Just saying if I was to spend that much on a blade, I would be looking close.
The best gunstock wood usually is from slow growing conditions.

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Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

Thats great info Hookshot Thanks.
To bad that i got blade already.

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Hi Purger,
Not trying to knock your blades. I would love to have one, any one you have. I am just letting you know some things to look for if you can inspect them in person in the future.

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Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

No worries mate any advice is great advice. I think you are wery much right in all your statments and full of wery usefull facts.
So as many you put in here im soking up like sponge


Are saying you want to buy one of me

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I don't think I said that,,, but if you want some nice presentation grade Bastogne Walnut, I have some. A peice 40" by 7" by 3" is only $1500. Just enough for ONE gunstock or LOTS of blades.

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Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

Purger, thats a beautiful blade, and even if it is not 200 years old, its still a great blade, more so because you say it plays great. It looks good, plays great, what more can one want?

And hookshot, seriously, I am impressed at your understanding of woods, not just from this post but from a series of posts on other threads as well. Wow is all I can say.

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Thanks Ranger-Man and I second that about Hookshot

Hookshot Btw wat kind of blade would be of that Walnut Off+ rating or slower?

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If you made it a one ply,,,OFF++++ and HEAVY!!!!!
If used for a top sheet like a normal blade, Just like the one in my avitor, about Off. That blade has a thin burl walnut topsheet but many other layers of "other stuff".

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Shakehand, left handed.
Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

Ok.
Thanks Hookshot

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