rounded bevel sharpening

[dom]

Yes- but he keeps losing the protractor

[mrgrimsdale]

seanybaby said:

snip
freehand sharpening a 2mm chisel, i find impossible and have been considering buying a jig for this.

Cheers
Sean

A finer and harder stone might help. My finest stone is too slow for bigger blades but spot on for 1/4 inch or below.

cheers
Jacob

[paulchapman]

mrgrimsdale said:

My finest stone is too slow for bigger blades but spot on for 1/4 inch or below.

That's shattered my image of you, Jacob I had this picture in my mind of you honing on an old flag stone in the yard, using tea from an enamel mug as a lubricant....... ;D

Cheers

Paul

[jake]

There are flagstones and flagstones, Paul.

[paulchapman]

;D

[mrgrimsdale]

paulchapman said:

mrgrimsdale said:

My finest stone is too slow for bigger blades but spot on for 1/4 inch or below.

That's shattered my image of you, Jacob I had this picture in my mind of you honing on an old flag stone in the yard, using tea from an enamel mug as a lubricant....... ;D

Cheers

Paul

Tea? Luxury Guess what we ad ter use when ah worra lad
No I've got 3 old stones - 2 double sided and one very fine both sides. One given, one car boot, one ebay: total cost about £4. That gives me 5 grades to experiment with - more by luck than choice. The very fine was useless with a jig (in the bad old days before I discovered how to sharpen) - just too hard and too difficult to make any impression. But freehand gives you more pressure and it's ideal for very little chisels, or for bigger chisels if you want them super sharp and shiny. But mostly I use the middle of the range stone for everything.

cheers
Jacob

[mrspanton]

I once got a floor tile out of a house in France, it was some sort of stuff with fossil's in it. It worked well or getting a fine edge thern I dropped it and that was that, it was only about half inch thick, I used oil mixed with turps.