I visited a violin and ukelele maker here in Japan who used a plant as sandpaper. He grew it right outside the door.
On May 28, 2019, at 1:29 AM, George Torres <torr...@lafayette.edu> wrote: >>>>> remember >>>>> >>>>>> you that also plants exist which were used for thousands >>> of >>>>> >>>>> years to >>>>> >>>>>> polish wood (and maybe also fingernails), e.g. Equisetum Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html