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You're putting too much pressure on the blade, man.

Nifty,

I'm with you on the peening. I have an old Greaves Sheafworks that looks like it might have been peened. I'm more familiar with peening my European scythe blade. The beauty of those blades...

Can we attract some attention to this from readers of The Forge threads? Maybe the guys who are making blades today can make some sense of it.

This is a fascinating speculation, and opens up a whole new line of inquiry: Is it mushroom-hunting season Down Under, and are you using a good field guide?

It would be useful to extend and slightly spoon out the spine half of that hollow point, so it could have a scooping action.