[Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing

Joseph Leone 3n037@xxxxx
Sun Jan 22 12:10:07 EST 2017


Ha ha ha, yes, words can be a lot of fun. Has anyone ever heard of Alexander the mediocre? Or King Richard the hedge hog hearted?
I’m basically ok with any term a person chooses to use as long as I get the general drift. Which, it seems these phrases DO. At least for me. :)

smo-joe 

> On Jan 22, 2017, at 6:02 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Smokey-Joe wrote:
> 
> "My particular reference to ‘Swageing’ comes from my many years working on
> something called “Wildcats”. These are cartridges that are customized from
> other
> cartridges and bullets. The R.C.B.S. company (aka Rock Chucker Bullet
> Swageing), provides dies to facilitate 1..squeezing, 2..forcing,
> 3..smearing, molecules of metal
> from one profile into another. It’s done gently and with pressure."
> 
> There sure sounds a lot like what burnishing does. My brothers used to be
> big-time into reloading; I'll have to ask them about swageing. It does
> sound awful familiar--I'm pretty sure I've heard that term used before, but
> it's been a long while.
> 
> Words sure can be a challenge, especially when trying to describe something
> somewhat novel like reed slot "-------". But we harpplayers control this
> usage, so we can eventually decide it for ourselves. I like following Rick
> Epping--even though the Yiddish-inspired suggestions are good too ;>}
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Jerry Deall <jdeall at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> shtoys verb, participle geshtoysn, shove; crush; pound
>> 
>> Regards Jerry
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> From: jdeall at xxxxx
>> To: harp-l at xxxxx,kpon at xxxxx
>> Cc:
>> Sent: 2017-01-21 12:31:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing
>> 
>> Smoosh is best, but I'll have to look for a word on Yiddish.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards Jerry
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> From: kpon at xxxxx
>> To: harp-l at xxxxx
>> Cc:
>> Sent: 2017-01-21 8:12:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing
>> 
>> I don't think there's a word to describe it. Chamfer doesn't quite do.
>> How about making a word up, like "burring".
>> 
>> On 1/21/2017 6:03 AM, harp-l-request at xxxxx wrote:
>>> Burnishing v Embossing
>> 
>> 



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