Not another sharpening video!

HeavyHanded

HeavyHanded

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Since I had the camera handy and have been needing to do a better job on one of the knives from my kitchen set, here goes.

Using Norton India stone - all comments welcome. Take it from the coarse side to strop on newspaper.

I promise no more for a while...Thanks for watching.

[video=youtube;viC7mybM6gk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viC7mybM6gk&feature=youtu.be[/video]

[video=youtube;P9NTNakx8Vs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NTNakx8Vs&feature=youtu.be[/video]

[video=youtube;FmR4nSTukmE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmR4nSTukmE&feature=youtu.be[/video]
 
Excellent videos HH! Learned more from these 3 vids than I have watching countless others. My main question is what do you use to round off the edges of your stone? I use to hand sharpen on stones years ago, but got away from them for a while. Was never shown the proper way, just trial and error (mostly error) until I got a reasonable edge on my knives. Used mostly soft Arkansas stones (small hand held) and a light oil. What kind of oil are you using on your stone?

Interesting concept using the rounded edge for the curve in the blade. Makes sense, just was never shown that or explained quite like you did. Thanks again for the lessons.

Omar
:rolleyes:
 
OHALLUM said:
Excellent videos HH! Learned more from these 3 vids than I have watching countless others. My main question is what do you use to round off the edges of your stone? I use to hand sharpen on stones years ago, but got away from them for a while. Was never shown the proper way, just trial and error (mostly error) until I got a reasonable edge on my knives. Used mostly soft Arkansas stones (small hand held) and a light oil. What kind of oil are you using on your stone?

Interesting concept using the rounded edge for the curve in the blade. Makes sense, just was never shown that or explained quite like you did. Thanks again for the lessons.

Omar
:rolleyes:
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I use what's called a 'tile rubbing stone'. Basically a really coarse combination stone 60/80 grit that is sold in the Home Depot tile area. Its used for finishing hand cut tiles and deglazing diamond blades. Fairly cheap and with running water can be used for all kinds of lapping. Always use water or even soapy water - India stones and many others can and will glaze if lapped without water. If possible, get some loose grit for lapping - I use some stuff for sharpening reel mowers at 220 grit silicon carbide. Even some blasting sand or similar will do a better job than the plain stone. A sheet of wet/dry sandpaper works too - always use water.

I use regular drug store mineral oil - toss in a few drops of Juniper oil and it gives it a pleasant smell. Any thicker and it might cause some trouble, any thinner and it runs off too fast.

Thanks for watching!
HH
 
Yet another excellent video HeavyHanded! I enjoyed listened to your teaching narration and obviously go well with your coherent writeups. :thumbup:
 
This is the demonstration of using the edge of a stone on a recurve portion that I've been wanting to see. There are lots of videos of people sharpening recurves in all sorts of weird ways, but I wanted to see someone do it on stones. Thank you!
 
Magnaminous_G said:
This is the demonstration of using the edge of a stone on a recurve portion that I've been wanting to see. There are lots of videos of people sharpening recurves in all sorts of weird ways, but I wanted to see someone do it on stones. Thank you!
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I agree :thumbup:
 
Magnaminous_G said:
This is the demonstration of using the edge of a stone on a recurve portion that I've been wanting to see. There are lots of videos of people sharpening recurves in all sorts of weird ways, but I wanted to see someone do it on stones. Thank you!
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Glad you found it helpful!

And to think, I almost went with "Sharpening a machete with a 4" combination stone". There's always next week...
 
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