Been looking at a few different types a metals latley and have come to the conclusion that mowing blades that are available could be made alot stronger and made for lower maintanence. A tungsten cobalt mix would make an excellant cutting blade. Why do MFGs persist in making "mid Qaulity" blades that cost a fortune??? I saw a thread a while back that was posted by a guy called blademaker and there was alot of good ideas put together on that thread. Like replacable cutting tips etc.etc I know a tungsten cobalt mix would be expencive but if I can get three or four time more wear out of them without sharpening I'm sold. I just don't understand why MFGs don't utilize these stronger metals. I was talking to a guy the other day that told me light bulb MFGs have had the ability to make light bulbs last for 20 years but have patented the idea and will not bring em out on to the market.(greedy buggers) I just makes me think if where sort of having the wool pulled over our eyes???
*waits for a reply from meg-mo.....* yah, i don't understand it either, why not use carbide? or some decent metal that won't dull when i hit a damn stick.
to me the answer is obvious, weaker metal means more sharpening and more frequent replacement, hence more money for them. imo.
apparently the cost of the indestructable blade exceds the cost of a reasonable sharpening. the air mini die grinder can whip an edge on a blade that isn't in bad shape in seconds. GEO
There's your reason. Mfg's/suppliers have a mind set of having to have the cheapest, leading to volume of sales, they all think they're WalMart. I agree, with the quality you speak of, also wonder if there'd be a problem with being too brittle, tip breakage and flying projectiles. Here's a high dollar blade, not too much info available on the site though. http://www.shreditblades.com/
You guys are all right in what you are saying and that is why we invented the MEG MO blades. There are rules that blades have to met and when they do you are in for some sharping.
