PEG 1000.

In a vat for a few months in summer heat and you'll be better'n new, because
you'll also have a softened surface to eat up the vibration before it gets
to your elbow. I make all mine that way, and appreciate it after carving
two or three days in a row.


That's exactly what I thought first thing, if it's LV, throw it in water for quite a while.
That don't look like LV though.

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