Clay Blackwell wrote:
>> Far too many of the antique bobbins I see on eBay have pristine, prissy, perfectly matched "modern" spangles instead of the spangles usually found on antique bobbins.<<<<
I have the opposite problem at the moment. I bought some bobbins on Ebay that have lovely old spangles, but the bobbins are new and have a very rough surface. They are too rough to use as the thread would catch, particularly when letting thread out or reeling it back in.
I wonder whether anyone has any advice on smoothing these bobbins so that I can use them, perhaps using a fine wet and dry paper, but I'm not sure if this would take off too much and change the shape. Perhaps I'm better off discarding the bobbins and putting the pretty spangles on usable bobbins. I would appreciate a more experienced opinion.
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