What Did You Sharpen Today?

Favorite kitchen knife fell off the cutting board as I picked up a pork butt to put on the smoker. Didn't notice it was on the edge of the butcher paper. Me and my wife both watched it skip across the board and thankfully neither one of us tried to save it. Just a matter of bad luck it hit point first and deep in the underpayment through the linoleum is where that point will stay. It wasn't bad as I just reshaped the back, half an hour or so.


 
garry3 said:
Favorite kitchen knife fell off the cutting board as I picked up a pork butt to put on the smoker. Didn't notice it was on the edge of the butcher paper. Me and my wife both watched it skip across the board and thankfully neither one of us tried to save it. Just a matter of bad luck it hit point first and deep in the underpayment through the linoleum is where that point will stay. It wasn't bad as I just reshaped the back, half an hour or so.


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That came out perfect. I would never have known.
 
rjdankert said:
Finally got some shop time for this yesterday and today.





Raining all day. My first broad hatchet of this type. Had to do something with it.





Bob

Oh, anyone know of a good use for a branch with a couple of flats on one end?:rolleyes:
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I missed this post - nice work Bob!
 

A17 let me know that this is a type of hewing hatchet. This was after me finding out that Mexican Nicholson files are... well I'm sure you already know.


Post vinegar bath. I ground out a lot pre-vinegar because I thought there were some deep cracks near the eye, but they seem to just be on the surface.



I don't have any sharpening stones/pucks, but I do have a piece of marble tile and a lowes nearby for some 600-2000 grit wetdry sandpaper! I was considering a thicker edge on this for it to split some wood, but decided it's probably too light for that and went for shaving sharp. Will show a picture of that once I get it hung this week!
 
Sharpened and severely re-profiled this 1944-47 Craftsman. I almost cut it up thinking it was a no-name.:eek: The bandaid is from a knife, not the axe.
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remember that kelly with the weight stamp intact? it's been sharpened and is waiting on a suitable or vintage handle. I thought it would look pretty sharp in white
 
It certainly won't get lost! I think the two colors contrast well. It looks better if you pull the picture onto the desktop, then look at it as 1/3 of its current scale or lifesize-ish.
 
A17 said:
It certainly won't get lost! I think the two colors contrast well. It looks better if you pull the picture onto the desktop, then look at it as 1/3 of its current scale or lifesize-ish.
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jeez that is a really big picture, isnt it?
 
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not re-hung yet, i hope to do that on a straight handle. went a little ham on it so the R and E are a little... missing.
Also, if you remember my old angle grinder, i was trying to get the brush off and i snapped the screws that hold the spindle stop, called up my dad since he used to be a mechanic and apparently engravers, the ones that vibrate are exceptional at removing snapped screws.
 
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This sweet Connie just made its way out to Oregon in a trade from a generous member here. No makers mark, but the steel seems excellent!

Three of my absolute favorite files made short work of bringing the bit back into cutting shape. The Simonds bastard is a 16”, and it is an absolute steel eating monster. Removes material like nothing else I’ve used.

I know there’s a few tiny dings still, but I will use this almost exclusively for splitting firewood so I am not too concerned, they will disappear with a few more sharpenings. In the meantime I’m just too excited to put it to work!
 
Travbud1 said:
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This sweet Connie just made its way out to Oregon in a trade from a generous member here. No makers mark, but the steel seems excellent!

Three of my absolute favorite files made short work of bringing the bit back into cutting shape. The Simonds bastard is a 16”, and it is an absolute steel eating monster. Removes material like nothing else I’ve used.

I know there’s a few tiny dings still, but I will use this almost exclusively for splitting firewood so I am not too concerned, they will disappear with a few more sharpenings. In the meantime I’m just too excited to put it to work!
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*A toast to Connecticut pattern transplant in Oregon :thumbsup:
 
I have been sharpening my axes and hatchets lately most of them newer needed reshaped the sharpen I however have an axe marked tru temper, Vulcan and Kelly. This axe was purchased by my late uncle Ray shortly before WWII 3.5-4 lb Michigan pattern double bit. I used this axe in the 70's it has been mine since around 92. I understand the principle behind one cutting edge and a blunter edge . But this axe is a tree cutter pure and simple in my late teens I fell trees 20-24 inches diameter several times. I had both edges sharpened to cut from the time It first used it and I plan on keeping it that way
 
Took a file to this boys axe today. The steel seemed really hard when I first tried it so I kept putting off sharpening it. Today I bit the bullet and it wasn't that bad. The steel was decent under the rust. The axe had never been sharpened except for a light pass against a grinder on each side. Probably a pathetic half-hearted attempt to make up for approx. one afternoon of chopping roots worth of dulling. Aside from that it seemed mint.o_O Of course while I was testing it I hit a rock.:mad: Two minutes with a file and a puck fixed that however.
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