What are benefits of new shanks on upright hammer replacement ?

[John Formsma]

It is actually a word.

>From my handy-dandy, built-in Mac dictionary:
	
fricative |ˈfrikətiv| Phonetics adjective denoting a type of consonant
made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing a
turbulent air flow. noun a consonant made in this way, e.g., f and th.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin fricativus, from Latin
fricare 'to rub.'

Not really used according to the definition, but a word nonetheless.
Perhaps "lubricious" might be better, but that still doesn't quite
describe something that has less potential for friction than another
substance.

Any wordsmiths out there?

Thanks for the new word, G!  I doubt if I'll ever remember it beyond
this post, but it's fun seeing a new one.

JF

On 8/30/07, Avery Todd <ptuner1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> fricative?
>
> Sorry, I couldn't resisit!
>
> Avery Todd
>
>
> On 8/30/07, gordon stelter <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've decided to replace them, for all of the reasons
> > cited, plus adjustablity during installation, etc..
> > But I'll rebuilding the butts with Ecsaine. According
> > to Bob at Pianotek, it is less fricative than
> > buckskin, but he hasn't quite convinced Tokiwa to use
> > Ecsaine on the upright butts yet ( like they do on the
> > grand knuckles ). As I'm dunking the butts in
> > SuperClean, and rinsing, they'll be good and wet, and
> > the shanks will just pull out. Then I'll dry them on
> > nylon hardware cloth from the garden section at
> > Lowe's, with 1/2 inch mesh, stretched over a  frame,
> > and then refelt, etc..
> >
> >    Thanks!
> >     G
> >
>