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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.As far as I understand about the same way as a somewhat soft steel. I remember sharpening ceramic knives with diamond wheels. That was...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Is The Magician of Information in a fantasy novel once said: "huoh, it was bound to come up sooner or later, an answer without a...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Kinetic energy is probably less important than momentum if splitting is concerned, I am not at all certain how it goes with felling but...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.I think that had already been well established and as far as I know the linear momentum equation p=m*v which implies that mas and...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.I see you got the power problem. :D
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.You are mixing mass, acceleration and speed in a very strange way.
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Sharpness in an axe is not necessarily the same as in a knife. Especially in an axe that does not cut but split. True but not...
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TTLM replied to the thread Top tip to reduce pack weight.It is not very clear cut that just leave off something: - season - weather - terrain - level of wanted comfort - some redundancy at...
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TTLM replied to the thread Wood Burning Stove Stainless steel vs. Titanium.Well, Ti starts to burn at around 800 C, long before it melts. I have also seen Ti tubing oxidize strongly at about 600 C, when it...
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TWhat's so silly about it is it's not rocket science to provide something like a whistle and seal it up so you can instantly know if...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Yup fun stuff impact mechanics, it tends to run around linear or angular momentum, which is not energy. Linear momentum is quite simply...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.I thought about that too but my own experience has been that speed does not compensate for mass generally. I have a light weight...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Mass is mass, Ti does not swing any faster than equal mass steel. Also the claim about energy transfer is such that it should be...
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TTLM replied to the thread Titanium Hatchet?.Hmmm ... where should I start (aerospace structural and materials engineer), norhing wrong with Ti itself but a tool that partly relies...
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TMy Nextool S11 mini sailor came today and for what I paid you do get a pretty good little tool mind you the postage adds a bit depending...
