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Author Topic: What would you call this rim shape?  (Read 946 times)

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Offline krsilber

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What would you call this rim shape?
« on: August 24, 2008, 07:58:01 PM »
Somehow "scalloped" doesn't quite fit here - or does it?  What would you call an edge like this, where the arcs are only a bit over a centimeter long?
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Re: What would you call this rim shape?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2008, 08:38:19 PM »
Scalloped will do, or 'bumpy bits' if you really want another option  >:D

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Re: What would you call this rim shape?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 04:45:27 AM »
Bernard discusses nomenclature of edge treatments here. Given the response he had, it doesn't seem to be particularly well defined at the moment. "Scalloped" seems to cover everything.

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Re: What would you call this rim shape?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 10:10:17 AM »
Scalloped ~ no doubt whatsoever.

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Re: What would you call this rim shape?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 06:59:57 PM »
Scalloped it is then!  Thanks for your input, all.  As Cathy points out, the term seems to cover quite a range, which was one reason I hesitated - normally it calls to mind something else for me, but I guess it's mostly a matter of scale.

Bumpy bits (or bitty bumps) would be my personal preference, but somehow it doesn't sound quite as professional.
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