Carvings

[Southern Gent]

Hey Swo and Schmittie, to keep my hook knife razor sharp, I took a 1/2 wooden dowel and fixed a piece of leather to it. I then put black compound on one end and green on the other. Running it over the knife bevels like a file does the trick. Just be sure to touch it up throughout the carving process and you have a very capable sharpening system for about $3. Glad this thread popped back up!

 

[adequacy]

Hey Swo and Schmittie, to keep my hook knife razor sharp, I took a 1/2 wooden dowel and fixed a piece of leather to it. I then put black compound on one end and green on the other. Running it over the knife bevels like a file does the trick. Just be sure to touch it up throughout the carving process and you have a very capable sharpening system for about $3. Glad this thread popped back up!

Speaking of hook knives staying sharp, I got my first mora 164 hook knife a few months back. It came incredibly dull and had a really obtuse micro bevel on it. I figured it'd be easy to sharpen. I used a wooden deal with sandpaper as well as a paint stick with sandpaper to try and get this thing going. My goodness, I don't know what I'm doing. Not only have I massacred the poor thing, but it's only mildly sharp at best and won't work wood at all. Any suggestions?

 

[swonut]

Speaking of hook knives staying sharp, I got my first mora 164 hook knife a few months back. It came incredibly dull and had a really obtuse micro bevel on it. I figured it'd be easy to sharpen. I used a wooden deal with sandpaper as well as a paint stick with sandpaper to try and get this thing going. My goodness, I don't know what I'm doing. Not only have I massacred the poor thing, but it's only mildly sharp at best and won't work wood at all. Any suggestions?

I can't find the link where I found this hook knife hack, but here's what I did to my 164 to make it much more usable.

Essentially you have to knock off the "Scandi" blade shape edge and make it a flat grind or at least more convex. (I'm not talking the edge geometry, but rather the blade geometry.)

For that I fired up the Harbor Freight 1x30 grinder. (The absolutely most used cheapest tool that absolutely has performed.)

Then I knocked the bump off the back of the blade very carefully trying not to touch the sharp edge.

After that I took 1000 grit auto sandpaper and glued it to a wooden dowel rod as you can see here:

I touch it up with that, but will probably soon make one with some 2000 or maybe even that 3/M sponge backed 4K? paper. (Look in the automotive section at Walmart and they usually have a selection near the bondo and dent repair stuff)

The guy I got the idea from (may have been a you tube) did it with a stone.

 

[adequacy]

I can't find the link where I found this hook knife hack, but here's what I did to my 164 to make it much more usable.

Essentially you have to knock off the "Scandi" blade shape edge and make it a flat grind or at least more convex. (I'm not talking the edge geometry, but rather the blade geometry.)

For that I fired up the Harbor Freight 1x30 grinder. (The absolutely most used cheapest tool that absolutely has performed.)

Then I knocked the bump off the back of the blade very carefully trying not to touch the sharp edge.

After that I took 1000 grit auto sandpaper and glued it to a wooden dowel rod as you can see here:

I touch it up with that, but will probably soon make one with some 2000 or maybe even that 3/M sponge backed 4K? paper. (Look in the automotive section at Walmart and they usually have a selection near the bondo and dent repair stuff)

The guy I got the idea from (may have been a you tube) did it with a stone.

Thanks for the tips swo. I dont have a 1x 30, but I'm heading to harbor freight today.. I'll have to see