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Old 06-11-2003, 11:25 AM
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I'm thinking some more, and guessing that scrapers and burnishers were probably used more than we would imagine as well. A burnishing rod would just look like a piece of scrap iron after it's buried for a while, not likely that it would be identified as anything other than part of a scrap hoard. It seems like the hook on a scraper edge would also be unlikely to preserve well enough to identify it as such. The fullers on Japanese swords are finished by burnishing, if I recall correctly, so it stands to reason that other cultures probably would have used the technique as well.
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Old 06-12-2003, 08:11 AM
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I agree.....the more I learn, the more I believe that they were more than capable of producing any finish they wanted.
I am sure there was the 'lower cost' farmers version that may have just been left as a forge finish as well as the upmarket polished version for the wealthy.
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Old 07-03-2003, 04:39 PM
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Originally posted by J.Loose
I believe there have been files found in Viking Age tool hoards and I know that Theophilus mentions making and using files in On Divers Arts from the 1200's.

I'm pretty sure that steel / iron files go back at least as far as Ancient Rome.

Rough cut files really aren't too hard to make... you just need a strip of steel or iron and a chisel.
You were right.......I visited several of the museums in London last week and in the Museum of London there was an original Roman file on display.

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