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HopeHoops

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5. I think oak and poplar are my two favorites. I've mad a lot of knives out of those.

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:32 AM

Jan 2012

My wife and 3 daughters are all black belts (wife 3rd degree, daughters 2nd degree). I make both dull practice knives and really sharp demonstration knives. I even made one with a metal blade for my wife (scroll saw). Most of them are pretty deadly.

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Challenge them. Make something better and ask the owner to display both for sale. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #1

Good ideas!! Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #2

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:::::sigh::::: Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #4

I think oak and poplar are my two favorites. I've mad a lot of knives out of those. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

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