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Blade-Carving 101 | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: Blade-Carving 101 (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by dalibor (mdalibor - at - gmail - com) on Thu Mar 8th, 2007 at 02:38:35 AM MST
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i was gonna ask you folks one thing - is the Beech tree good for blades? i mean, here in Serbia i can find it on some reasonable prices. price depends on length of pieces.

in one conversation with one old neighbor who was forest engineer for decades i have found out that here the strongest tree is black pine, but it is so rare to be seen, not to mention about using it for something.

i know beech is good for home furniture, very high density etc, but is it good for outdoor conditions?

Latin name is Fagus for the beech.

Re: Blade-Carving 101 (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by sdscott on Thu Mar 8th, 2007 at 05:40:14 AM MST
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Dalibor. I believe a good guide for selecting wood-types for blade materials is; Best wood has long-linear grain with few knots, light-weight (hardwood tends to be heavy), wrought-resistant for longevity.
You may not be able to get Cedar-types where you live but if there is a fairly-straight-growing tree, accustom to swamp-lands accessible to you; it may be worth looking into.
Basically, any wood will work; it is just worth the effort of obtaining a type with the best qualities. Lamination will offset a minor twisted-type of grain, and a good epoxy-paint can offset a type prone to wrought, etc. Good luck with your project!

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Re: Blade-Carving 101 (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by Hank on Thu Mar 8th, 2007 at 08:26:54 AM MST
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Beech is probably not the best wood to use. It is short grained, heavy, hard and brittle. So it is not as tough or elastic as other woods. Also it tends to rot quicker the other wood.
http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/beech2.htm#Traditional%20Uses%20of%20the%20Wood

Hope this helps,
Hank

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