[Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing

Jerry Deall jdeall@xxxxx
Sun Jan 22 13:49:58 EST 2017


Ha Ha Jo, 
Me too, "Jerry the Okest" make me feel like a hundred buck. 
JD 

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From: "Joseph Leone" <3n037 at xxxxx> 
To: "Eric Nielsen" <ericbarnak at xxxxx> 
Cc: "harp-l" <harp-l at xxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 10:10:07 AM 
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Burnishing v Embossing 

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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