[modeleng] Re: Any knife makers on the list?
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:57:51 +1000
White puddin' with the grubs Clif, white puddin'.
> Hi Tel and All,
>
> Now I bet you are going to give us the recipe for Witchetty Grub Black
> Pudding.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
>
>
> >
> > Well now I have to disagree on this a bit. Ideally a knife blade should
> > NOT
> > be evenly tempered. It should be hard at the edge & get progressively
> > softer
> > toward the back (spine) of the blade. Also the tang should be
considerably
> > softer than the main blade. This will increase the toughness and
> > durability
> > of the blade & lessen the tendency for it to snap off first time you try
> > to
> > dig a witchetty grub outta a black wattle tree trunk.
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