Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2011-12-12 14:37
He! He! -- I already claimed the reward -- very rewarding, too! -- so I will now make good on the deal.
There are at least two reedmakers that I personally know of (both rather popular in the firmament of making reeds for others) who use knives with disposable blades, easily and inexpensively purchased at American "home improvement" centers and Sears and other hardware stores.
They started doing this because they were getting tired of the constant sharpening, and also the regular (expensive) need to buy new reed knives, which is a considerable cost of doing business for professional reedmakers.
I don't know exactly which handles or blades they use for which purposes, but I can judge from their results that these blades make good reeds!
I have tried to use disposable blades, with mixed success. I bought myself an "Xacto" brand kit some years ago, but still never developed my own reedmaking technique to any level of reliability. So, knife skills are still important, whatever blade you use.
Susan
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