Dr. Drew: Wow! That 4-iron tube is a mess to decipher, isn't it? But...when you look for the zipper welds and then find them, the number of irons becomes obvious. Some patterns are so-easy to see (that Scott example is spectacular!) and some likely won't be I suppose. Deep into the weeds here again (eh?), but truly-neat stuff all-the-same. At one time I thought that counting all the little lines in a section was useful but... that drove me mostly mad. Your system is much easier to pull-off.
So, do I have this right? In descending order of original cost :
3-bar
2-bar
laminated steel
twist (also called skelp)
With the laminated steel being arguably the "strongest version" (when related in burst strength)? Some later versions of laminated steel had almost 70% (of their iron/steel composition) being steel (also known as Greener's Silver Steel?).
This, of course, may be overly simplified.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 06/18/24 06:56 PM.
