[Regia-NA] more on flint and antler

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If anyone has any written directions or suggestions on comb making I'd like 
to see it. I've been planning to start a comb project for some time now but 
need some info on where on the bone to cut etc.

Thanks,

Scott




>From: "Nicholson, Andrew" <andrew.nicholson@dumgal.gov.uk>
>Reply-To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>To: "'list-regia-na@lig.net'" <list-regia-na@lig.net>
>Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] more on flint and antler
>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:56:10 -0000
>
>;-)
>
>I used to have a load of them - they're now in the new Whithorn exhibit,
>littering the floor and table of the comb-worker figure. Got paid for
>set-dressing too <rofl>.
>
>Seriously, if that leaves you short of a plate let me know, as I have some
>rough-shaped plates suplus to current needs [I only like to make a comb
>every couple of years, and I've done one in 2002 already].
>
>Guğrum
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tate William T Jr TSgt 352 OSS/SCSC
> > [mailto:william.tate@mildenhall.af.mil]
> > Sent: 04 December 2002 14:51
> > To: list-regia-na@lig.net
> > Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] more on flint and antler
> >
> >
> > I wish I would have had your angle-grinding caution a few
> > weeks ago!  I was
> > working on a comb plate that had been a labor of hand-worked
> > love...2 hours
> > to get the perfect shape, and the next thing I knew, in a
> > minute, I had
> > ground through the plate ...ruined it to the point where it
> > wasn't even
> > usable for anything else.
> >
> > Bill/Leifr
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nicholson, Andrew [mailto:andrew.nicholson@dumgal.gov.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:41 PM
> > To: 'list-regia-na@lig.net'
> > Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] more on flint and antler
> >
> >
> > If you're off-site Bill, an angle-grinder with sanding discs
> > is a great
> > starting point.
> >
> > OK, so Authenticity Officers shouldn't say things like that,
> > but it beats
> > the hell out of hand-rasping the things. Go from mid grain
> > down to fine.
> > Coarse can remove too much antler too quickly. Then
> > hand-finish with sand
> > and pumice, to remove all modern working marks, and no-one
> > will know the
> > difference.
> >
> > Guğrum
> >
> > > I am guilty of having several scrams with antler handles that
> > > haven't had
> > > the outside removed (runnels...I knew that term, it just
> > > wouldn't come out
> > > when I was writing).  But it is a project that I might
> > > undertake sometime to
> > > correct the appearance.  Just do the core bit in some
> > > hatching designs.
> > >
> > >
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