[QUOTE=Louis4052]
No guides, I like to freehand them. Keeps it exciting!
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Very well, but the poll still reads "0" votes cast for free hand sharpening ...
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| Author: | Jordan Bunte [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:03 am ] |
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Hey guys. Just trying to get some thoughts on sharpening up those tools. Jordan |
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| Author: | Don A [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:07 am ] |
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Jordan, I use the scary sharp method with a veritas tool guide. |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:11 am ] |
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OK, I just voted for stones/guide although I actually use Scary sharp then finish up with a 10000 grit water stone and a rotating leather strop. I voted for stones rather than scary sharp because once I get a tool up to speed it usually only ever needs retouching on the 10000 grit water stone and the strop. I used to use the Stanley guide but have recently bought one of the new Veritas guides. Colin |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:33 am ] |
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cheapo honing guide from Home Depot and scary sharp up to 2000 grit. Wors very well. |
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| Author: | John Elshaw [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:42 am ] |
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Tormek, and I love it for everything from steak knives, butcher knives, curved gouges, chisels, and even scissors! John |
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| Author: | Wayne Clark [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:01 am ] |
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Scary sharp -- I got one of the small granite plates from Grizzly, some sandpaper and a honing guide. I also keep a leather strop and some polishing compound handy on the workbench for quick tough-ups. |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:06 am ] |
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Diamond stones, 6000 grit Japanese water stone and simple guide. Colin, how do you like your Veritas guide? |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:17 am ] |
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I'm with Colin re: sharpening methodology. Except for not having the shiny new Veritas guide, or the leather strop. |
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| Author: | drfuzz [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:19 am ] |
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When I'm getting a tool set up I scary sharp it, otherwise I use waterstones and a guide for touch ups. |
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| Author: | Louis Freilicher [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:13 am ] |
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I like plate glass and sandpaper all the way. Hardwood dowels and sandpaper for the gouges. If I need to remove a serious amount of material I take them to the belt sander first and then to the plate glass and start refining the edge with 120 grit paper. I work my way up through 2000 grit. For maintenance, I usually touch them to 1500 and 2000, then its back to work. No guides, I like to freehand them. Keeps it exciting! Louis |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:50 am ] |
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Sandpaper to 2000 on a granite plate, then polishing compound on very hard felt. I've got some leather now, though, and will switch to that for the final polish on my next sharpening binge. |
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| Author: | ATaylor [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:55 am ] |
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Woodsmith magazine has an article this month about scary sharp and a nice honing station as well. |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:11 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Louis4052] No guides, I like to freehand them. Keeps it exciting! [/QUOTE] Very well, but the poll still reads "0" votes cast for free hand sharpening ...
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| Author: | Kim [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:11 am ] |
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Veritas/Scary for me, final wipe on a horse hide strope charged with honing compound, cuts through wood like a fart through your undies 
Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | Jim Kirby [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:33 am ] |
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I voted for scary sharp. I started out that way, using a Veritas guide, then switched to waterstones. I'm not sure what possessed me to do that - I wasn't unhappy with SS. I think it was a "try everything" move. After experiencing the mud puddles and finally grinding all my stones back to flat for the first time (including the excavation in the polishing stone that the 1mm LMI chisel did while I wasn't looking  ), I'm going back to sandpaper.
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| Author: | Martin Turner [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:02 am ] |
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Tried scarey sharp but it the long run turned out more expensive than Japanese water stones. I work blade on 800 - 1000 - 6000 King water stones and then run edges over a suede strop charged with honing compound. I also use Veritas Mk II honing guide. |
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| Author: | Michael Shaw [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:09 am ] |
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I use diamond stones with a little wd-40 sprayed on the stone, and a roller guide. But i'm lookin at switching to the scary sharp method, Fine woodworking had a article last month on it. |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:12 am ] |
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I use a super old bench grinder with a course wheel on one side, and a hard felt wheel w/ compound on the other. Takes under a minute to get it cuttin' hairs, but prolly wastes a lot of chisel. I'd like to try the scary sharp method too. Mike |
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| Author: | Miketobey [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:57 am ] |
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I voted stone-freehand. BUT, I often set main bevels with a Veritas(now a Mk.II) or on the Tormek. After that, final hone is big black arkansas and strop with rouge on rough side and a couple strokes on the smooth side. I maintain edges and do secondary(micro) bevels freehand. I use the jig methods when I want to be sure about the basic bevel.My chopping chisels stay at 30* + 2-3* secondary. Paring will usually be 25* with 2-3* secondary. So, since everything except initial bevel or re-establishment of long used blade is freehand, that is how I view myself.I have never tried SS. I have a waterstone set and for some steels it feels better, but 90% of the time I use my full size Norton Multi- Stone with mineral spirits.Coarse diamond,lily white and hard black.I confess that my old lathe tools go to the Tormek every time, and their jigs for those types of tools are like magic. I keep a log of settings for them that were worked out per Tormek procedures using stick-out length and marker on the bevels to determine the angles.Foolproof enough for this old fool. I don't know whether I'm lazy, eclectic or just fickle and fascinated by sharpening for its own sake.MT- PS, I see a big difference between the process of initially moving a lot of metal to get the long-term configuration and sharpening/honing. |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:15 pm ] |
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Scary sharp now after years of using stones. |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:35 pm ] |
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Paper and glass all the way! [quote=Larkim]cuts through wood like a fart through your undies[/quote] Man! I never had a fart cut a hole through my unmentionables, what do you guys eat down-under Mate?  
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| Author: | Mark Tripp [ Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:54 pm ] |
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Scary sharp with a Veritas MKII, been doing it that way since I was a bamboo flyrod builder... -Mark |
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| Author: | John How [ Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:33 am ] |
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I have the Veritas Mk.II power system and it's scary sharp with no elbow grease for my old bursitis elbows. I love it. |
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