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Handcrafted Blades by Ross Leidy |
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osmar92
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Ross,
DO YOU MAKE any combination blades ?
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Ross Leidy
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Yes - in fact one of my current projects is a combination blade.
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osmar92
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where can I read about the details of such blades?
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Ross Leidy
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You can find a thread about a couple here.
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osmar92
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no details on combination blades
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cgswss
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What would be the difference in using bamboo over say maple?
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Ratt "ghost" (OS kiri, balsa, kiri) innova UL/ Tibhar Grass D.tecs
Ratt "mouse" (mahogany, 3- kiri, mahogany) T05/ giant dragon talon Tibhar Furious/ juic 999/ Tibhar Grass D.Tecs Ross Leidy custom |
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Ross Leidy
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I find that bamboo has less of a rebound than maple. |
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Ross Leidy
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Last blade of the year
I guess I could call this a Christmas present to myself. A repeat client from Germany asked if it was possible to incorporate the diamonds of the Bavarian flag into the handle of his next blade. I used this blade as the test-bed for figuring out the building technique. I'm pleased with how it turned out. |
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jrscatman
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Fantastic!
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cgswss
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I can not imagine The time you take doing your glueups for most of your handles. fantastic job!
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Ratt "ghost" (OS kiri, balsa, kiri) innova UL/ Tibhar Grass D.tecs
Ratt "mouse" (mahogany, 3- kiri, mahogany) T05/ giant dragon talon Tibhar Furious/ juic 999/ Tibhar Grass D.Tecs Ross Leidy custom |
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Tassie52
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Oh my goodness!
Ross, this is a truly amazing piece of work. This simply exudes class. I am now seriously rethinking what my next handle design might be - obviously you need greater challenges. Again, this is just beautiful. |
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Toprank
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Little back story before you see your pics. I've always wanted a straight handled Viscaria and we all know the difficulty of acquiring one and the insane prices. So I came up with idea to send a Viscaria to Ross and let him make a straight handle (way better than any Butterfly handle). Ross wasn't the biggest fan initially of the idea, but as long as I was the one dismantling the handle he would do it. My dismantle wasn't the greatest, but I got it done. Not a fun process, while I was doing it, I was thinking no wonder why Ross doesn't want to do this.
Long story short, I introduce the "Rosscaria" |
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CURRENT BLADE- Ross Leidy White Lightning
FH- Haifu Blue Whale II BH- Xiom Vega Europe |
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cgswss
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Key to dismaning handles is ultra sharp chisles. Many times sharper then what you buy at a store. But not that hard if you have the sharpest tool (g)
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Ratt "ghost" (OS kiri, balsa, kiri) innova UL/ Tibhar Grass D.tecs
Ratt "mouse" (mahogany, 3- kiri, mahogany) T05/ giant dragon talon Tibhar Furious/ juic 999/ Tibhar Grass D.Tecs Ross Leidy custom |
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Tuly007
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Nice job,
Toprank, do u remember how the handle halves looked inside, was the there any kind of hollowness inside???? I bought 2 new ones((viscarias)) a year ago, although I asked for heavier ones I was sent 81-82 grams I did played one but is sounded so hollow that I even drilled (( 3 holes, filled them back w glue)) to ceck for hollow space inside.. Did u make picture of the disassembled handle???? Edited by Tuly007 - 01/22/2016 at 5:54pm |
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still testing
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Toprank
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If I remember correctly it wasn't hollow. When I took the handle off, some of the wood of the blade peeled off and I could see arylate from the blade.
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CURRENT BLADE- Ross Leidy White Lightning
FH- Haifu Blue Whale II BH- Xiom Vega Europe |
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Ross Leidy
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Yes, that's correct, the original handle grips were solid. I think the pair weighed around 22g combined. |
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cgswss
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Wow! I sure wish I had the tools that guy has!
Of course there are many that wish they had the tools I have. I never did any CNC work in wood. Did a lot in metal and delrin I watched a bunch of those vids. Impressive
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Ratt "ghost" (OS kiri, balsa, kiri) innova UL/ Tibhar Grass D.tecs
Ratt "mouse" (mahogany, 3- kiri, mahogany) T05/ giant dragon talon Tibhar Furious/ juic 999/ Tibhar Grass D.Tecs Ross Leidy custom |
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jrscatman
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These guys are amazing. Although, maybe they should get their own thread. That cutting board is amazing!
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Ross Leidy
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Fatt -
That is an amazing process and a talented woodworker. Thanks for sharing that link. Verry cool. |
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Hell-es
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Hi there, this is so great - and I'm really looking forward for my final blade(s) As Ross posted my future blade design - I wanted to share the last two blades Ross crafted for me. The first is a Rapscallion in with just white/blue stripes - as we thought the bavaria diamond will be impossible The second one - is the one I'm using at the moment for matches - a combi blade with Black Limba on the BH side and Cedar on the FH side. The core here is Kiri and it has a real unique feel and touch. As I'm still working on my technique - I'm not sure which one I like more - but the cool thing always is - even if I couldn't play with one, it's always a piece of art :D But fortunately this is not the case here - we climbed a league this year - and after changing the blade I won much more games now than a league lower last year. So have a nice day and now I'm waiting until top of the shedule again , Bernd |
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victorm
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Hi Hell-Es - what's the shape of the handle - FL or Anatomic? Looks really nice!
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Hell-es
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Was it Anatomic 2 ?! - must look into my mails ;)
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Ross Leidy
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It was a standard anatomic handle modeled after a Stiga that someone once sent me.
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ChrisUK
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I just wanted to post a quick photo of the blade Ross is currently working on for me. It's not finished yet and the photo below shows it with just the sealer applied. Ross is in the process of applying s gloss lacquer to the handle so be next photo I post will show it in all it's shiny glory :)
I'm sure Ross will share the build process at some stage but let's just say that this is the most intricate handle he's made me and I'm blown away at the time, effort and level of detail that's gone into it!! |
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Tassie52
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I have run out of superlatives...
Tell us about the blade. Composition? Weight? What properties are you looking for?
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ChrisUK
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Sure. This blade is (I think) my 9th or 10th from Ross. To cut a long story short, the very first blade Ross made me was simply superb. I play with long pips on the backhand and like to block close to the table and on my forehand I like to loop (I use Tenergy). So I wanted both a good solid defensive and offensive blade. My primary aim is to have something that has a bit of flex (for looping) but is solid and dense enough that when I block passively, that flex isn't activated. Anyway, we've tried a number of different combination blades but I always go back to my original "Leidy" blade, so we decided to replicate it. The construction is as follows: - 2 x layers of White Ash - Ross specifically chose denser wood as this is what makes it so good for passive blocking. - A Kiri core - Ross chose Kiri from his original batch that my original blade was constructed from. - 2 x layers of White Ash - As above. The blade is Ross' oversize 3 format. This is because we want to slightly increase the flex and I believe a larger size does this. Also it is better defensively. The weight is around 94g. Again this is needed as I want something a bit heavier and denser (for blocking). As I play with a 1.7mm Tenergy rubber and no sponge on my pips, the overall weight of the blade will be around 155-158g, so it's not going to be heavy compared to most "double inverted" setups. Finally the handle is constructed of individual diamonds of Yellowheart and Gabon Ebony and will be finished in gloss Edited by ChrisUK - 02/17/2016 at 8:03am |
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Tassie52
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Thanks, Chris. I knew you had a number of RL's but 9 or 10?! That makes my 5 look paltry - I'm going to have to try harder.
I'm interested to see the ebony as one of my possible handle designs would use it. Nice work. I understand the compulsion to keep on tweaking the composition: my latest is the closest I've found to perfection, but even so my next blade will have some minor changes. (Mainly an edge strip. I cringe every time I ding the edge without one.)
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ChrisUK
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....and here's the finished blade! I'm blown away but the finish!!
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The Twiddler
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Hell-es
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Oh yeah - this is really so great and amazing.
Unbeliebable that Ross gets so many tiny diamonds into one handle ;) Can't wait until the Bavaria Version is on top of the schedule. The structure of the white ash also looks almost to nice to put rubber onto the blade |
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kolevtt
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Yeah, handles are amazing and same as old STIGA 2000: |
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