[lazide]

The workshop I used had a dozen plus false pops due to people cutting wet wood or similar issues. None of the blades were worth saving due to significant warping or damage.

I guess we’re just living in different worlds.

[solomonb]

What brand of blades did you use? Most of mine were Forrest or Tenryu. The Forrest blades are very heavy.

[lazide]

This was a decade ago, and a workshop environment with a wide variety of blades.

So random folks, and random blades.