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<blockquote data-quote="Wishfull" data-source="post: 255353" data-attributes="member: 7460"><p>G'day Potbelly, sourced handle on Ebay mate, made in Germany, it was 200mm longer but it tapered out at the end and was too wide so the ferule would have been too close to the edge of the pick head, also would not have been enough of an edge for scraping dirt away and I wanted to put handle at center of gravity for balance so 200mm got the chop. I was also trying to reduce the weight, (no I haven't weighed it yet) the 5mm steel is fairly weighty. The picture actually makes the steel head look smaller than it is cos it's taken from above.</p><p></p><p>Btw steel handles get too hot to handle in summer and they jar when you hit rock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wishfull, post: 255353, member: 7460"] G'day Potbelly, sourced handle on Ebay mate, made in Germany, it was 200mm longer but it tapered out at the end and was too wide so the ferule would have been too close to the edge of the pick head, also would not have been enough of an edge for scraping dirt away and I wanted to put handle at center of gravity for balance so 200mm got the chop. I was also trying to reduce the weight, (no I haven't weighed it yet) the 5mm steel is fairly weighty. The picture actually makes the steel head look smaller than it is cos it's taken from above. Btw steel handles get too hot to handle in summer and they jar when you hit rock. [/QUOTE]
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