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The Bent Update

November 14th, 2005

Progress!…Progress!…Progress!… I have spend a couple of hours each day to polish the Bent and I have some progress to report

This is the picture taken during the first few strokes using the filer. It is not that fun filing the old way using your hand. I could probably make use of a machine to do this job, but as people said the old way works as well as the new way. Everything done the old way by filing, sandpapering and polishing using both of my hands. I spend approximately two hours each day for several days to get the results shown later.

I have decided to start from the bottom handle since it seems to be easier. Then, after a few hours of experimental filing at the bottom portion as well as applying sandpaper from the roughest to medium roughness to the finest, it appears that it works as I expected. I tried to apply some polish as well to see the shine result. So all is good and I continued doing the same thing for the rest of the surface.

I have not been keeping track on the number of hours I have been working on the Bent itself. But hey look at this shiny thing… I did it. The Bent shown won 2nd best Bent. I did not expect to be congratulated and win a price for the second best Bent because I have seen some other really nice Bents from other initiates as well. But overall I could have done better to at least get the 1st

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