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  • From: jhecksel@voyager.net
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
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  • Subject: Re: [nafex] grafting knife/ conference date
  • Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:15:52 -0500 (CDT)

> Joe wrote:
> >I ... Stongly suggest short knives. Short
> >tools are stiffer and less whippy than long ones. Sure, you can
cut
> >with the portion of the edge closest to the hand. But there is
usually
> >some portion of the edge that is just a wee bit sharper, just a few
> >inches out. Next thing you know, you are making all your cuts with
the
> >sweetest portion of the edge.
>
> I prefer about a 2- 2 1/2 " blade because it gives a longer slicing
-
> leveling surface for a cleaner flatter cut. Are you referring to
length as
> being the principle "danger factor"? Or just that some knives are
> flexable?

I see two sources of flexibility. One source is the length of budwood
sticking out of your fist. The other source is the knife.
Flexibility is a problem because there is a lot of potential energy
bound up in those springy members. You cannot predict or control
where that energy will go if something breaks or slips.

I have had people bring fish fileting knives to grafting lessons
"Because it is really, really sharp." Having that long an edge
pointed at flesh can give me the willies.

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One of my life goals is to make a graft with a piece of broken glass
or a chip of flint. I think it would have to be a simple splice
graft. Do you think the statement would be diluted if I used modern
materials to wrap the graft? I think I could get the job done with
Basswood or Mulberry inner bark.




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