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Re: flint...
By:Hank
Date: 3/16/2000, 9:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Broken Glass (Tony)

> What's next? Flint? Buy a good cabinet scraper, not paint scraper with a
> handle attached. A good old flat piece of tool steel. It is not the sharp
> edge that cuts; it is the burr.

Hey Tony,

Don't knock Flint - being a lithic material "knapped" to produce an edge that is 500 times sharper than a razor blade!!

But I still prefer my cabinet scraper ;-)

Hank

Messages In This Thread

Paddle Problems
Johnnie McNeely -- 3/15/2000, 8:12 pm
Broken Glass
Tim Smith -- 3/16/2000, 9:51 am
Re: Broken Glass
Tony -- 3/16/2000, 7:09 pm
Re: Broken Glass
Tim Smith -- 3/17/2000, 8:51 am
Re: Broken Glass
Hank -- 3/17/2000, 1:45 pm
Re: flint...
Hank -- 3/16/2000, 9:05 pm
Re: Broken Glass
Shawn Baker -- 3/16/2000, 1:03 pm
Re: Broken Glass
Hank -- 3/16/2000, 10:59 am
Re: Paddle Problems
Hank -- 3/16/2000, 8:55 am
Re: Paddle Problems
Spidey -- 3/15/2000, 11:37 pm
Re: Paddle Problems
Ross Leidy -- 3/15/2000, 10:13 pm
Re: Paddle Problems
Johnnie McNeely -- 3/15/2000, 10:31 pm
Re: Paddle Problems
Ross Leidy -- 3/16/2000, 9:02 am
Re: Paddle Problems
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/15/2000, 8:56 pm