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<blockquote data-quote="Pushrod Twin" data-source="post: 66422" data-attributes="member: 340"><p>I think Dag is intimating that the standard pressed from sheet K1 could be improved upon. Thirty years ago, when Cousin Ian (McCully) was running the NZ Spares Scheme, he sold me a K1 which he insisted was made of superior material the the factory originals & also recommended shortening the tangs to reduce their tendency to straighten. I recently purchased another from V3 because they are advertised as being superior material etc. Grinding the tangs of both on a bench grinder, the sparks to indicate that they are probably a reasonable grade of carbon steel adequately heat treated. </p><p>The only improvement I could suggest is to machine one out of a solid piece of high tensile steel.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pushrod Twin, post: 66422, member: 340"] I think Dag is intimating that the standard pressed from sheet K1 could be improved upon. Thirty years ago, when Cousin Ian (McCully) was running the NZ Spares Scheme, he sold me a K1 which he insisted was made of superior material the the factory originals & also recommended shortening the tangs to reduce their tendency to straighten. I recently purchased another from V3 because they are advertised as being superior material etc. Grinding the tangs of both on a bench grinder, the sparks to indicate that they are probably a reasonable grade of carbon steel adequately heat treated. The only improvement I could suggest is to machine one out of a solid piece of high tensile steel.:) [/QUOTE]
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