: Hi Chip

: Yeah, ebony is as hard as it gets, but this is a technique that you obviously
: wear gloves, and the object is not bearing down hard. I'm getting ready to
: start my first kayak. I just thought it might be good to take the angle
: edges on the outer strips down, or scraping the glue on the inside.

I've used glass to scrape and fair leather objects. (learned this from a master leather carver). Definitely wear leather gloves...hmm..leather...make sure you don't slide the cut glass edge across your leather gloves, or it'll cut just as easily as your leather/wood piece!!

Shawn