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Post by rammstein on Jan 9, 2007 20:25:58 GMT
Thanks for those pics Rammstein. Too much wood in the handle and too little metal in the tang for my taste. you mean "plastic" huh ? As I said before, the tangs sturdiness is deceptive. Its quite a bit stronger than it appears. The only things that have turned me off is the absurd inadequacies of the tempering and the plastic grip.
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Post by rammstein on Jan 9, 2007 20:26:25 GMT
Ahootermike, I'll try that when I get some free time, thanks for the tip!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2007 20:53:25 GMT
you mean "plastic" huh ? As I said before, the tangs sturdiness is deceptive. Its quite a bit stronger than it appears. The only things that have turned me off is the absurd inadequacies of the tempering and the plastic grip. opps, I heard you but I was not listening My first wall hanger had a plastic grip with a rod tang. That was 7 years ago before I even new what a tang was. I broke the plastice grip when I hit some cardboard boxes. I did a nice replacement job. I bought a coper tube and cut it to the original grip size, perfect fit. It still hangs on my wall.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2007 4:02:49 GMT
I have to be honest when I say that I was never a huge fan of Windlass, but had never had any problems with the temper. The blade tempering has always been their strong point with the fit usually leaving a lot to be desired.
I have personally flexed windlass blades to the point where I thought there is no way they would return to true only to be amazed when they spring back straight.
So I am very surprised at the bend, but I guess that with some of the inconsistencies I have seen in windlass quality it should have been expected.
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