[TheForge] bamboo redux

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Tue Jan 22 10:12:22 EST 2008



Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Gotta watch bamboo...it gets loose and displaces everything growing 
> around it....except in the frozen north.
> Blacksmithing content:
> I've been thinking about hammer handles made in a manner similar to the 
> way bamboo fly rods are laminated...though presumably not hollow.
> Been fooling with whippy hickory handles with skinny,shaved down necks.
> They break sometimes but they are way less tiring to use.
> Any comments?...prf

	Why not one of bamboo?


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