Eshmiel

Is it a Crocs advert in disguise? Vids like these always seem a little desperate to me. If "content generation" is now a major means...

Sharpening workflow? I'm almost tempted to do a Jacob! :-) Do you mean "method" - a rather less involved (and perhaps less rigid)...

You'd better inform Chris Pye and several other master carvers then - they've all been doing it wrong and should adopt the Jacob, er...

I can't follow that. Can you draw a diagram of what you mean? "Rounded" bevel. Do you mean "convex"? The reason for wanting a flat...

Apologies for my bad syntax. I meant only that Sawstops do come with riving knives. And yes, they always have. But many still seem to...

You'll discover that the rounded bevels will tend to force you to make cuts at too steep an angle to take very thin shavings from many...

I do spring mine but only after I've first made them both dead straight with me jointer plane. A few passes over varying lengths of the...

If you can be bothered to trawl the US forums you'll find a few reports. The owners generally host them is a gush of praise for the...

Perfeek! Thank you very much - I'll acquire a pair of those to have a go at. I'll need to borrow a lathe-use somewhere as I have no...

Are you teasin' me now, you rascal? I cannot believe that you would be so unaware of these knife bevel profile matters as to dismiss...

All very well - but will they respond to a cathedral step!? :-) Do Opinel not make knives of different steels? I have read reviews of...

That's a good link; thank you. I've now bought that "Exactly" book.

Lots of insightful stuff in the posts so far. I'm trawling them for good bits. Feel. I can see how this will be a prime in a musical...

As I understand it, there are different geometries used to make knife (and axe) edges, depending on their intended use. For carving...

Another thread has had an orthogonal jaunt into the matter of woodworking flatness and precision. It needs a new thread for those of us...