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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3004446, member: 76086&quot;]Tooling is basically re-engraving, or if you like, artificially re-creating details that have naturally worn away.&nbsp; It is a process of either creating something which was never there or an attempt to replace what is now missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Smoothing is just like it sounds, and could perhaps be considered a part of the cleaning process.&nbsp; Sometimes there are encrustations which cannot be removed via the normal cleaning process, so it is &#039;smoothed&#039; down to remove it.&nbsp; That type of soothing is generally accepted, but often cleaners go too far and smooth down defects such as pitting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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