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Why are Chinese made shells so rough when Japanese shells are wrapped smoothly? What are the techniques into doing this?

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Because the Chinese produce 100 for every 1 the Japanese make. Quantity over quality!

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I read somewhere that the Japanese hand paste and burnish the outside layer to achieve the best appearance. The Chinese shells I am most familiar with are machine taped with the poles exposed and filled with glue.
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Yes, hand pasted kraft and smoothed with a peice of 2x4 and a spritz is a purty thing.

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Machine tape or expediently hand pasted shells don't always look pretty There's nothing stopping you from hand pasting a final layer however for asthetics. I do this all the time. All my ball shells have an odd number of layers for a reason. :)

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Thanks for the replies! :D

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