Post #310625 by timidtiki on Sun, Jun 3, 2007 4:09 AM

A little more information for those of you looking at Lopacki burrs -

I am a novice carver (as you will soon see in this forum) but I've been using these burrs for awhile and they seem to work well for me. I cannot compare them to Hongia burrs as I have not had the opportunity. Recently, I sent a couple of the cheap Lopacke burrs to NZ for evaluation by the experts but haven't heard anything yet from them. Also, I was able to discuss the issue of burr quality with Lopacki himself and he says that he uses his burrs to carve fire agate. (His carvings ae good and fire agate should be a much better test of burr quality in terms of running true than jade. He also reports that the individual burrs he sells (those with 3/32 diameter shafts are better than those in his packages (1/8 diameter shafts), and they are still quite inexpensive. All interested might want to talk with him. He is very friendly.