To get the balance right we need to match our sharpening stones to our tools, choose a method that’s right for our steel type, and develop a routine that can become a background habit. When working by hand, the edge of our tool is our main control. ...
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Such a tool makes any cook appear more skillful and inspires more complex and potentially rewarding work. I began this blog entry describing sharpening as a skill that you could offer to others because most of the users of kitchen knives have no idea how to sharpen them. Most of the advice...
(38mm) wide and you can cram a few smaller tools around the saw itself. So you have around 4″ of width for everything else, which I typically fit out with a rack (for the edge tools and pokey bits) and another well for sharpening gear). You can make a lid with some depth to ...
When the back is polished on short Japanese chisels, the very thick neck of the blade can often foul the edge of the sharpening medium. On my chisels, I’ve ground away a section (arrowed) so this doesn’t happen, much to the complete horror of some of my Japanese tool wielding frien...
A Sharpening Handbook: What Every Woodworker Needs to Know About Sharpening If there’s one thing to be said about woodworkers, it’s that we’re old school and prefer to pick up a book (or a magazine). With that in mind, I’m thankful for the community of master woodworkers that pu...
and longer and with less morning after remorse. Maybe this is true to some extent because I must admit some of the modern steels are pretty impressive with how long they hold an edge. But this also makes us lazy, thinking we can dovetail an entire chest of drawers without sharpening. ...
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An automated hand tool sharpening and cleaning system for sharpening the two opposed cutting edges of domestic, industrial, sport, or hobby hand tool like a knife blade is provided by the invention. The apparatus comprises a six-axis robotic arm, a pneumatic gripper, a vision sensor camera for...