Chronos wrote:Very few blokes around who can do it let alone do it well. Ive had a go at an old stock with a triangle file bent and cut just to clean out old varnish and sharpen it up one line at a time. Lot of work that's for sure.
Finding the correct checkering tools can be tricky here in Oz and they're not cheap hence why I made do with a file
Chronos
I'm hearing you Chronos. I have spent several hundreds on gear from the US and now find I want/need more
, only because I have had an interest in checkering for years. Very time consuming and tedious, especially because I am a perfectionist but I love it. Seeing the transformation. Absolute amateur at this stage but I would love to chew the ears off a master just to learn.