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Re: Reed Knife

Author: BGBG
Date: 2016-11-22 01:45

I have never done this before and am only assuming that is what is needed..to restore the length/thickness relationship. I have knives of one kind or another and havent tried them but had some spare box cutter blades I thought would try. Hate to admit I did this but to be truthful I had some reeds I thought were moldy and was soaking them in clorox of maybe too much concentration and forgot about them. When I remembered I found the ends were eaten away. But the mold was gone. I had to trim off 5-6 mm from tip end to get a solid instead of a feather tip. Now that I admitted this, I have some reeds I can either discard or use as subjects for learning a new skill. I am not out of reeds, can afford as many as I need, but I like to try to fix and improve things. Certainly not going to try with a good or new reed. I did succeed in getting one to play so I want to try lengthening and thinning the end so the others will play. Thought I had to extend the thinner part back toward the butt by shaving the op of reed. Whole reed started out 68 mm in length and now is 62 mm. I had hoped someone had done this before and could suggest tools or procedure before I progress and fail or mess them up more. I do not NEED them; just want to see if I can make them play. Have a digital caliper also to measure the thickness. Have looked at some You Tube videos where they were using box cutter blades at a 45 degree angle. Have no specific detailed books on it though. If I cant succeed I will just discard them and assume they are too different too improve.
Then I will at least have learned what not to try.

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