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FLASHPOINT
We
form the points of each hook with our normal needle grinding method.
The wire then goes throughout all the other stages to make it into
a finished hook and it is then heat-treated. After that the hooks
go through a process in which a chemical attacks the surface. The
thinner parts of the wire are affected and, in particular, the
point. The chemical smoothes or "eats
away" the metal and, in effect, refines the point. This is quite
a critical operation because if the chemical sharpening goes on too
long it will eventually dull the point and may weaken the barb. Furthermore,
if the chemical attacks one side of the point more than the other then
the point will be weakened. Finally, it is important to remember that
chemical sharpening will not make a weaker point into a strong one.
It is more likely to make a suspect point even weaker!
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