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rocel
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Posts: 43
(8/7/01 5:45:20 pm)
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sharpening
endpins
I really need to get my endpin sharpened but don't have a clue if I
need to go to an instrument shop/ can do it myself/ should go to an
iron monger... what would you recommend? I don't want to pay mega
bucks going to a luthier if I could get any old guy to do it... and
traipsing across London in the rain (oh how it's raining at the
moment!) when I could be getting the knife sharpener out doesn't
really appeal either!
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Xabur1342
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Posts: 15
(8/7/01 6:15:12 pm)
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sharpening
endpins
You can go down to the local hardware store and pick up a little
metal chisel. Something say 8 inches in length with flat sides. They
often come in nice plastic sleeves and cost about $4 US. They are
great for sharpening an endpin. I can get my endpin really sharp in
about 10 minutes with minimal effort.
I would just caution to
sharpen it over a disposable newspaper, wash your hands and the
endpin afterwards. And keep the chisel wrapped in something and put
away. You don't want to ingest any of the metal that come off the
endpin.
Having a little metal chisel comes in handy because
you can sharpen up your end pin every few weeks or whenever you
think you need to.
Xabur
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Xabur1342
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Posts: 16
(8/7/01 6:22:42 pm)
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sharpening
endpins
Oops. I meant a little metal file. Not a chisel.
Yes, definitely
a file.
Xabur
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KarenMNorman
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Posts: 4
(8/7/01 11:10:08 pm)
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Re: sharpening
endpins
I use a file too if I have to, but usually I get my husband to do
it.
He's a chef, they get lots of practise sharpening knives.
So if you happen to know any chefs, ask one. But remind them you
don't need to carve roasts with it!! 
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rocel
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Posts: 45
(8/8/01 3:32:38 am)
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thanks!
Thankyou!
It's amazing... I go to bed wondering randomly, and
when I wake up, I have several answers from the other side of the
world. Ain't technology (and you people) wonderful!
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rocel
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Posts: 46
(8/8/01 5:00:16 pm)
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all done
can't believe that I've been meaning to do that for so long, and
now (on your recommendations), I went to the ironmongers, bought the
file, and had a sharp spike again within half an hour... Thankyou!
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