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Review on ⭐️ Starrett 70BX Pocket Scriber – Carbide Point, 2-7/8" Length, 3/8" Diameter Handle by Michael Robertson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

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I confess I love this little one. I use it to engrave a comic book design onto a stainless steel magnetic whiteboard surface. I simply took a light green/neon green marker and covered the surface of the steel, traced my drawing with carbon paper and dropped under a very bright light to start scratching. When I'm done, the nail polish remover will remove the marker and I'll have a much cooler sticky note board than the old cork board with the nasty whiteboard everyone else has. Note that this takes hours and hours... and I've learned to move the tip around to process large areas of the "paint" scraped off, smoothing out the satin effect along the way. You can get amazing detail with this baby - it's unnaturally sharp - and it's small enough to fit easily in your hand. Just go slowly and patiently. And don't forget to put the detachable tip back into the built-in "cup" and tighten the end to "lock" it in a safe "rest" position when not in use - SHARP again . So far this little one hasn't tarnished at all and I've been working a lot on the "scratch resistant" stainless steel finish, both on large areas that look solid (Arkham's Gate) and thinner areas (Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and Catwomen pics ). I'll probably get another one just to have a second one in case I somehow lose this one because I really don't see a need to replace the tip for quite a while. -That's it.

Pros
  • Sturdy Construction
Cons
  • Negative Impression