joseph engraver
Elite Cafe Member
The Firkin family.
Maestro Ron,
You tell me to go to work, therefore, I go to work and make a large Firkin for polishing wide surfaces, a medium size Firkin for curves and radii and a wee Firkin for delicate pieces of silver or gold. I learned all about Firkins forty years ago while working at Jaeger Gun Co. and have found that they work extremely well.
Once accustomed to the Firkins, they will become indispensable to anyone who must polish metal surfaces.
I recall when the gun maker gave me the first Firkin and then set me to refinishing an engraved Drilling rifle. I asked the gun maker what this strange tool was called. His answer was, “Using this tool properly is a lot of hard firkin work, and that’s where its name comes from.†Aint this fun!
Maestro Ron,
You tell me to go to work, therefore, I go to work and make a large Firkin for polishing wide surfaces, a medium size Firkin for curves and radii and a wee Firkin for delicate pieces of silver or gold. I learned all about Firkins forty years ago while working at Jaeger Gun Co. and have found that they work extremely well.
Once accustomed to the Firkins, they will become indispensable to anyone who must polish metal surfaces.
I recall when the gun maker gave me the first Firkin and then set me to refinishing an engraved Drilling rifle. I asked the gun maker what this strange tool was called. His answer was, “Using this tool properly is a lot of hard firkin work, and that’s where its name comes from.†Aint this fun!