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#1 2006-08-03 02:11:34
- rpowers
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Living Split?
Just now discovered the new look at Ken's site:
http://www.mujitsu.com/
The home page features this image (in a larger version).
This looks to me like a split that happened while the bamboo was a living plant, and it suggests a question for Ken or anyone else with ample experience with bamboo.
If the surface of the bamboo splits while it is alive, is there any healing? Could a piece like this possibly be more stable than one that has not split (yet) at all?
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#2 2006-08-10 09:10:10
- Ken2t
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Re: Living Split?
Hello Rpower.
I have a kyokudou shakuhachi with 2 similair kinds of splits. I was told that some bamboo split in this matter when the bamboo has to go through a very rough and cold winter. THe splits are consideres rare and it is hard to find a bamboo with the size to make a 1.8 with these splits.
THe splits don't have any influence on the bamboo itself on the longterm.
gr
Ken
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#3 2006-08-10 10:53:37
Re: Living Split?
rpowers wrote:
If the surface of the bamboo splits while it is alive, is there any healing? Could a piece like this possibly be more stable than one that has not split (yet) at all?
Good question. I don't know. I do know that it is pretty exciting when a piece like this is spotted in a grove! I've found that most splits at the root area rarely develop into trouble.
Ken
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