Hand carved cherry bowl

[Baggy]

Hiya

 

What do you use to keep your knives as sharpe as when you first got them?

I use pieces of wood 8" x 2" x 1" with "wet and dry" glued to them,

grades 800, 1000, 1200, 1500.

 

Then holding the blade in place I run the wet and dry along the bevel and then the other side of the blade working up the grades.

 

For the inside of curved blades the "wet and dry" is glued to dowels.

 

I finish with a leather stropping, using wood and dowels again.

 

 

Lovely work on all your posts!

Ta muchly

[Gerbutt]

Thanks for that bud. Got myself a mora hook knife but it came with a rubbish edge, will have a go at getting it good with this method! Do you wet the wet & dry?

[Baggy]

Hiya

 

Thanks for that bud. Got myself a mora hook knife but it came with a rubbish edge, will have a go at getting it good with this method! Do you wet the wet & dry?

The Mora hook knife is not a great knife but with some work sharpening it it will do the job nicely. The Mora 106 is a very good knife.

 

I do not wet the "wet and dry", slowly and carefully is best, enjoy the sharpening process :-)

[Nellybelly]

Thanks for that bud. Got myself a mora hook knife but it came with a rubbish edge, will have a go at getting it good with this method! Do you wet the wet & dry?

 

Get rid of the secondry bevel on your mora hook knife and it will cut as good as any hook knife on the market:thumbup1:

[Gerbutt]

Splendid, I'm going to have a go at it later. Cheers nelly, I do hope so, at the moment its about as sharp as a blind cobblers thumb!!

[Gerbutt]

Thanks again for the advice, it's now super sharp - can shave the hairs off my arm with it!!

[Baggy]

Thanks again for the advice, it's now super sharp - can shave the hairs off my arm with it!!

 

[button1803]

well impressed!

[Baggy]

well impressed!

 

Ta muchly