"CW" wrote in message ...
You were told correctly and you are right in getting the best tool for the
job.

Correct, get the 'right' tool, something appropriate for the task. For
anyone who hasn't closed their minds though, the best tool for the job (a
"real" burnisher) is one that turns the edge by the desired amount. That can
be anything from the chrome on the bumper of a car, a valve stem, hammer
handle (steel hammer of course) a kitchen knife or a LV burnisher - perhaps
even a 'dowel pin'.

Just because an item is sold as a 'burnisher' does not exclude the use of
anything else that provides a perfectly acceptable finish to the edge -
perhaps even superior.