Just read an advertisement for a "spiral eye" needle; one of the harped-on points was that the needle wasn't plated, so you could sharpen it with an emery board.
Three things raised my eyebrows.
(1) With an EMERY BOARD?
(2) How does plating stop you from honing a needle? If it's because you don't want to grind the plating off, the plating on a worn-dull needle is already gone anyway.
(3) I've bent and broken and lost hand-sewing needles, but I don't recall ever *blunting* one.
Hence this post: have any of you ever worn the point off a hand-sewing needle?
Joy Beeson