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The late JC would always remind us that more rods are broken while stringing than any other way. He would tell us to aways set the rod butt down on something forgiving and walk the line out to the...

Ted,

I broke a 9 wt. Silver Label in exactly the same way at exactly the same point. I think it is a design flaw in that series rather than a manufacturing defect.

Bob

Oops.

I think I found a mistake in Harry’s paper.

From Wickapedia "Toughness can be determined by measuring the area (i.e., by taking the integral) underneath the stress-strain curve and its...

An old article on boo vs graphite.

http://www.hatofmichigan.org/uploads/Acastfromthepast.pdf

Bob

From Emory Harry :


"All other things being equal, a blank constructed of lower modulus graphite will be tougher because there is more area under the modulus of elasticity curve. It will also be...

Ray,

My guess is that this question would be difficult to answer for even a plastics expert. You might get an answer for a test sample subjected to what is called an Izod test for either knotched...