Thread: Hand Sanding Horn... Ugh

I don't know about the rest of you, but Wet (water), especially sheep, horn stinks. I'd almost rather not use it. Good luck anyway.

Yes. Wet sanding just seems to make a gooey mess, at the lower grits. I'll try the scrapper methods.

Does anyone have a simple way of putting an edge on a scraper without special tools? All I've found on the net involves getting a burnishing tool which is quite pricey .

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With these types of scrapers you are removing material not so much smoothing. A typical card scraper is used to smooth in place of sand paper, so you want a smooth straight edge.

Any hard, smooth, round surface, (like a smooth, Philips screwdriver, an awl or ratchet socket extension), will burnish a burr on a thin piece of steel that can be used as a scraper, but doing so on a short edge can be challenging. Grinding or filing is easier and for this purpose works very well.

You don’t need a large burr, it just need to be sharp.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

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So simply filing or sanding across the scraper and no fancy finishing required? Sounds almost too easy, thanks.

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Just file or sand, in one direction to quickly form a burr. With a burnished, you can put a burr on both edges of one side of the scraper. It rolls the metal from the square edge over.

It is easy, so is burnishing.

Most folks make the burr too large with a burnisher, and then it breaks off quickly. If it does, just file it smooth and roll or file it again. A burr especially when used on a soft surface like horn, will last longer than you think. You will know when it stops cutting.

Thanks for your help. Now I have all the information I needed to give this a go.

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