I have used these miniature steel Scrapers to clean up the inside of the lute body.
They are not sharpened like chisels. I run a burnishing iron two or three times along the cutting edge, at a slight angle – and this is sufficient to create an effective scraping ‘hook’.
The edge has to be renewed from time to time. It produces a beautiful polished finish.
Pretty much art works in themselves. . .
When I had the floors done in the house I asked that we don’t use some poly varnish but had the floor burnished and then applied tung oil–I wanted to feel wood under foot when I walked barefoot in the summer!
Exactly.
And again, why bother making a wooden boat if you then cover it with epoxy….?
Love the shapes.