I know what you mean about not getting that "high gloss" finish on collars. I would try pressing the collars face down on a sheet of tin (aluminum?) foil. This might give the smoothest surface possible, which would decrease the ironed texture that the starch mimics when pressed.
As an aside, "sgian dubh" translates from scottish gaelic as "black knife". In this usage, "black" = "hidden" and is also the meaning of "black" in "the Black Watch regiment" (they were hidden and "watched" the border--with England). Many people think--wrongly-- that it's a black knife because...
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