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I think I linked this to you before when you asked about chisels, Dave Kynaston has one in Wales as do Manfred and Marcus in Germany, its just coincidence its made up here in Sweden. But its sold in the USA, and is a great tool, and something you can add too and build on depending on your needs.
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I started out sharpening my tools sans-machines, and I still do, on several chisels that require it.
The first critical component of of your sharpening system is a decent bench stone. The small hard slip in your photo is for dressing the edge after you grind/shape it on the bench stone.
From there, you can take it to a board with crocus cloth or emery, a leather strop, and/or a buffing wheel dressed with tripoli.
My current sharpening system is a lot like Joe Chisels', with a water wheel, buffers etc. But if the lights go out (like they might here at any minute ) a good craftstman can still get his chisels slicker than eel s**t.
-------------------- Steve Purcell Purcell Woodcarving & Signmaking Cape Cod, MA
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The most common mistake starting out sharpening is spending too much attention to the bevel.
Once that angle has been set, along with the final finishing angle, the sharpening begins. That's done on the flat side of the tool.
There are dozens of theories and different types of sharpening equipment. But in the final analyses, flatening the down the the back side by hand, on a diamond stone is hard to beat.
There is a considerable difference in opinion with the final step of buffing wheels. I use one since I'm not a good purist.
I take great pride in keeping my chisels honed down to a sharp mirror finish.
-------------------- Joe Crumley Norman Sign Company 2200 Research Park Blvd. Norman, OK 73069 Posts: 1428 | From: 2200 Research Park Blvd. | Registered: Sep 2001
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) a good craftstman can still get his chisels slicker than eel s**t. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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