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 Re: Instead of Making Reeds?
Author: mschmidt 
Date:   2012-07-23 19:38

I agree with Drew. I stubbornly clung to my bevel knife for too long.

Beveled knives are not too hard to "sharpen" in some fashion, but it's an awful lot of work to get it properly sharpened to where it can perform like a razor-type knife.

With a dull knife, you have to exert more downward pressure to remove cane. With more downward pressure, you are more likely to tear the cane at the tip--and lose part of your tip. My reed making improved immensely once I realized how important it is to get a properly thinned tip. With the old beveled knife, I couldn't ever get the properly thinned tip without ruining the tip.

Mike

Still an Amateur, but not really middle-aged anymore



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