Tapered Blades...

[Cunndies 0]

Is it at all possible to cut a standard blade so it fits in a tapered shaft? I know the differences and all, it's just that I haven't managed to find any short-hosel blades in Britain....

Cheers :)

[chippa13 1844]

I've heard of people doing it with wood blades.

[Miserable 6]

You can shave down standard blades to make them fit a tapered shaft. You can also make them short hosel blades buy cutting some of the hosel down and then shave a bit more of the hosel lower to make the "stop" portion of the blade lower down.

[flashgordon 0]

Is it at all possible to cut a standard blade so it fits in a tapered shaft? I know the differences and all, it's just that I haven't managed to find any short-hosel blades in Britain....

Cheers :)

I once sanded down a beat-up standard easton graphite blade to fit a tapered shaft. I did it the old fashioned way with some coarse sandpaper, twisting the tenon back and forth. I took a while and my arm nearly fell off, but eventually it fit. The tenon did of course end up quite rouned as opposed to square. And I haven't really used it that much so who knows if it's sturdy, although it feels solid. I wouldn't tried it with a high end blade.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

I did it a couple of times with the Inno blade and it works very well, didn't affect the durability at all.

[mickz 107]

Shave the standard blade down and see if you can fit it in. If it doesn't fit, shave it more.

[habsfan87 0]

I did this with a t-flex. I cut it down to short size and shaved the rest.