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I just use various flat wet stones for flat chisels,axes,machetes etc
a small square stone for gouges and a round stone for bill hooks,sickles etc
All freehand, no stropping.
To really get a fine edge, I pin 300-1000 grit, wet and dry to a flat board.
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3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

I just use various flat wet stones for flat chisels,axes,machetes etc
a small square stone for gouges and a round stone for bill hooks,sickles etc
All freehand, no stropping.
To really get a fine edge, I pin 300-1000 grit, wet and dry to a flat board.
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So you see no need for anything finer than 1000 grit RH?

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So you see no need for anything finer than 1000 grit RH?

Normally I use 100-300.
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But if you do want to sharpen/polish things to a fine degree, look into pastes ,clays and waxes.
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2 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:


Normally I use 100-300.
I named my business after my wood working style.emoji12.pngemoji106.png
But if you do want to sharpen/polish things to a fine degree, look into pastes ,clays and waxes.
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I did not wish to draw any unfortunate inferences, however indubitable, from your user ID9_9

And anyway I just ordered this; 

WWW.FFX.CO.UK

Trend DWS/HP/KIT Honing paste kit

kit from FFX 

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The kit arrived this morning.

I first tried the plane iron on my forearm hairs, after a touch-up on the 1000 grit diamond stone.

No dice.

I then followed the instructions for using the honing paste, and after a very few strokes,

WOW

A wee snowdrift of downy hair piling up on top of the plane iron.

Seriously impressed.

£15.00 well spent, even though, as I thought,  I did not need the bit of leather.

cheers

mth

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You will need a very different system for turning chisels to carving chisels and plane irons - turning chisels I use a creusen slow speed grinder with white wheels and a simple sorby jig. 15 seconds and i am back on the lathe - a tormek or similar is way too slow to be of any use on turning tools - not a one size fits all when it comes to sharpening tools.

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