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Author: kt_brown
Date: 2006-09-22 03:43
I love Vandoren Rue Leptic (sp) 56...they're great, but I don't get much luck in trimming and sanding where its needed...I don't have a knife, but am thinking of getting one...any suggestions?
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2006-09-22 04:27
Find someone who's skilled in the woodwind usage of knives (oboists seem to be good with this) to show you the proper usage of one. I've had a few nasty cuts from being sloppy. The same person can probably help you select one.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Kchui999
Date: 2006-09-22 04:35
A few swipes on 600 grit sandpaper really works on my 56's, and when the tips get thin i jsut trim them down with one of those nifty cordier trimmers.
As far as a knife, I've never used one before. How would you adjust a reed with a knife anyway?
Chui
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Author: Cuisleannach
Date: 2006-09-22 06:16
<<As far as a knife, I've never used one before. How would you adjust a reed with a knife anyway?
Chui>>
I like using knives because they can remove cane more quickly and to me they are more precise than pieces of sandpaper. In untrained hands, though, they are muderous to reeds.
The best all around knife for clarinetists (in my opinion, of course) is a bevel ground knife. They are large enough to control easily and easy to sharpen. They don't give you quite the precision of double ground knives but don't dull quite as easily. A nice middle ground would be a bevelled blade that is hollow ground on each of its faces.
If you are thinking of buying a reed knife don't forget to figure in the cost of a good stone, which will usually cost as much as (or more than) a knife. Some stones require oil to float the steel dust off the stone, and others use water...both work but the stones that use water are easier to deal with.
When it comes to actually using a knife there's no way I could even start to instruct you in this forum. Even sharpening is an art best taught by someone good at it, and using a knife to work with reeds demands a good teacher.
-Randy
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Author: cuscoclarinet
Date: 2006-09-22 16:06
As far as knifing reeds goes, it is a far superior method than is ruching, though I agree, it does require a considerable amount of skill and in gaining such skill you WILL destroy quite a few. When I started knifing my reeds I began with an old carving knife before my girlfriend (a violin maker) turned me on to what I consider one of the best knives for almost all uses.
Hock, a company out of California, makes knives for violin makers that are of superior grade steel to any other knife I have found. For reeds I like thier 1/2" knife and hone it very sharp on an extra fine diamond stone. The best stones available are from DMT (I know others say there are other companies just as good, but as a professional wood crafter I have yet to find one) they only require water as a lubricant (oil stones are very messy) and stay flat forever, which is a problem with both oil and water stones.
check out thier websties:
hocktools.com
dmtsharp.com
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Author: cuscoclarinet
Date: 2006-09-22 16:07
As far as knifing reeds goes, it is a far superior method than is rushing, though I agree, it does require a considerable amount of skill and in gaining such skill you WILL destroy quite a few. When I started knifing my reeds I began with an old carving knife before my girlfriend (a violin maker) turned me on to what I consider one of the best knives for almost all uses.
Hock, a company out of California, makes knives for violin makers that are of superior grade steel to any other knife I have found. For reeds I like thier 1/2" knife and hone it very sharp on an extra fine diamond stone.
The best stones available are from DMT (I know others say there are other companies just as good, but as a professional wood crafter I have yet to find one) they only require water as a lubricant (oil stones are very messy) and stay flat forever, which is a problem with both oil and water stones.
check out thier websties:
hocktools.com
dmtsharp.com
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Author: Cuisleannach
Date: 2006-09-22 19:08
<<(oil stones are very messy)>>
But just the smell of machine oil puts me in the mood to play with reeds!
I may have to give the diamond stones a try....
-Randy
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Author: Sonny
Date: 2006-09-23 03:59
I've had success w/the Ridenour Finishing System. The CD explains the technique, the most important part.
Disclaimer: I don't know, am not related, receive nothing from the Rx.
(hint, hint)
Sonny
practice,practice,practice
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