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Dealing with thick bermuda grass around the greens has always been a bane for me so I took an old sand wedge and honed the leading edge knife sharp. It really cuts thru the grass without twisting the club on those touchy shots. Is this commonly done and is there anything in the rules against it?

Not a bad idea...bermuda is all I see and when it's scraggly, it's tough to get a clean hit out of...might try it with one of my old wedges for giggles...

Thanks for responding BnR. It won't get the face on the ball any cleaner but does allow an easier stroke through that gnarly stuff, so an explosion or a hit is easier to control. Just makes sense to me; same as a sharp mower blade, cutting instead of tearing the grass. Seems to work on other types tall grass too. Will look forward to your results with it, and still wonder if any rules would prohibit.

I have a bunch of wedges and clubs, and the ones with the sharper leading edge have the "edge" so it makes perfect sense to me...the big reason that I play musclebacks is because the sole width is narrow, the leading edge well defined and it chomps into the bermuda like nothing else...played up north in the states and laughed because the grass resistance was nothing...only concern was getting a little between the ball and the face for control loss, not like the gnarly stuff here that can twist a club right or left...

Crossgrain: I had the same experience with one of my wedges a few years back. It too had a fairly sharp leading edge and low bounce angle, and I found it much easier to use in the taller rough. I don't know of any rules against it. I can't help but wonder if a "serrated edge" might not be best. Just like one of those so called "Wonder Knifes" you see advertised on TV. Supposed to cut much easier and cleaner than even the best knifes you can buy. Wouldn't to too hard to make one from an old wedge to find out if it works any better than a straight edge. Since you might be playing those shots with the blade open, a serrated edge should come in real handy I'd think. Worth thinking about if nothing else. God help you if you happen to "blade" a ball with it. That would be ugly..