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    Default Making tortoiseshell spectacles

    This series of videos are in Japanese, but the remarkable work is easily comprehended.



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    I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.


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    No matter what they are making, it's always fascinating to watch a master craftsman at work.
    I remember seeing the tortoise shell pins and combs for sale in Kyoto. I think they were around five to six hundred dollars each. I imagine glasses would be in the thousands.
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    WW, thanks for posting that.
    I've watched them 3 times now...going to give it a go myself!
    I got some tools and shell and other stuff that was used by a local craftsman.
    Slomell
    The stones the bloke was using look similar to some I've seen used in cook-at-the-table restaurants. I have some brass blocks and templates that Slomell used, some huge electric soldering irons, and an anvil type thing in steel that looks like a curled horn.

    (imagine how much better his work would be if he was given one of those red new-fangled titanium fretsaw to use)

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    Peter

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    Quote Originally Posted by lightwood View Post
    Slomell (imagine how much better his work would be if he was given one of those red new-fangled titanium fretsaw to use)

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    Peter
    Indeed, he'd probably still be alive too!
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    I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.


    Regards, Woodwould.

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