Owen Hinsman Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 How can I sharpen my tools to a razor edge? I don’t have any fancy machinery, just a few files, a vintage whetstone, a diamond file, and a Dremel. I made a nice hook knife for my dad for Christmas out of some O1, but it is still not sharp enough to cut paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Nice woodworking scorp. From the looks of your edge the wetstone and some patience (may take a while) should put a fine edge on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Google search for the "Scary Sharp" method of sharpening: lots of wood worker pages and youTube videos to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kozzy Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 For those odd shapes, you can pick up slip stones at a fairly decent price and those can really help with some of the final honing. Here's one example but there are a ton of shapes available--primarily for woodworking carving tools with all those odd profiles. You still need to get the initial bevel right with a coarser stone to begin with--from the photo, you may still have some work to do there, but the actual piece is not in my hand so take that with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Not having slip stones, Wooden dowels and other shapes covered with wet and dry paper work great, leather and jewelers rouge finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Nice tool You made there. On the pictures, which are quite good, I see that the edge is still much too thick. Like most of these tools it should have a only single bevel on the outside. If its single beveled and thin enough than You can sharpen (strop) it with a wet sanding paper file maybe You take a look at this.Even if it is much bigger in the radius it shows excellent blade geometry, that will work fine and sharpen easy. https://www.google.com/search?q=edge+geometry+on+spoon+carving+knife&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBsbSBgbvfAhWVfisKHSCTCJ0QsAR6BAgDEAE&biw=1093&bih=501#imgdii=VJoyGBHNdV4DEM:&imgrc=_pt7b00_ZpavXM: Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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