[Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing

[Dennis Fischette]

Me too Joe !!

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> On Jan 22, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037 at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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