Wonderful, Ray. Thanks for making these available!
Do you think these are better than Candidius?
DD
On 12/18/2015 9:45 AM, rbharlan_at_comcast.net [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
> At the risk of appearing to foist crass commercialism on indoor
> modelers, I'm announcing that I think I have solved the razor blade
> problem. Long gone are those great Star blades that broke so cleanly and
> were stiff enough to hold the line and not follow the grain. Well, I
> have found blades of the same thickness that break just the same way,
> sharp and straight.
>
>
> I'll try to put a couple of photos of broken edges to compare. There are
> a lot of Chinese blades out there that claim to be carbon steel, but
> when they are broken, the point practically goes around a corner. As far
> as I can see, the only available real carbon blades are Feather, which
> are only .004" thick. Mine are Candidius blades were .003" thick. Mine
> are 3.4 and eight times stiffer, respectively.
>
>
> When held in a blade block and use on the balsa stripper, these blades
> will stay sharp for a very long time. Decades ago, one modeler swore he
> cut six miles with one point. Must have been hallucinating.
>
>
> Find the blades on my website on the balsa stripper page.
>
>
> Ray
>
>
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