Was there a specific armourers tool/hand saw for creating slip patches in handguards for the SMLE, No.4, No.5 etc? They all seem to be a uniform width from the examples I've seen so far. I'm guessing that it was a single saw cut to create the gap for the patch to be glued in rather than two cuts and a fine chisel to remove material between the cuts.

I have a selection of No.4 front handguards I purchased to get to grips with slip patches that have up to 5 slip patches installed each one and am marveling at the workmanship. I need to do some repairs to some SMLE handguards soon and want to get a repair as close to original as possible.
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