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 Re: Reed Geek?
Author: Paul Globus 
Date:   2008-04-10 13:05

From my understanding it is indeed a flat scraper. Actually, if the edge is properly machined, and if it is sharp, this little tool will work exceptionally well for the intended purpose. I know this because I spent a lot of time in a tool room as young man and knew a number of tool makers and engineers.

In pursuit of a flat surface, there's potentially a vast difference in results between a file, a piece of sandpaper, and precision scraper or plane. As a matter of fact, files and sandpaper, though commonly used, are very imprecise tools for flattening the back of a reed. More often than not, the result is anything but a flat surface.

The Website notes that the tool also incorporates an end scraper with a gentle radius. This too might a very good thing, superior to a standard reed knife, in that it would enable you make pinpoint adjustments to the vamp.

It might be an idea not to trash something that one has never tried. It never hurts to keep an open mind as these guys may be on to something that could make life easier for us all.
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