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Well yes, almost universal advice is grind at 25º hone at 30º. Perfectly good advice for a beginner who looks for simple advice such as...

When the sh t hits the fan, you can always eat a horse.

Some way to go before we know if they are passing fads. Horse been with us for thousands of years, all the other stuff for less than...

To deal with climate change we need to end "growth" on very many fronts. Growth is the main cause. It needs supporting and developing...

Have you put me on "ignore" again? You might miss something really useful!

So - get our own house in order and look at BDS for the bad boys? Can see why the right try to deny climate change - it entails massive...

Well, there is some little problem with this occasional, on-demand, depiction of the UK as a tiny country or tiny hobbits. Ohh, why...

I never need to grind, unless it's damaged etc, and never have a hollow bevel. Quite the opposite - it tends to end up slightly rounded...

Quite interesting to learn the meaning of "disingenuity" - I wasn't too sure. Are you aware that your own approach/style is quite...

Ideally - it is growing (somewhere else) as fast as you burn it. I'll leave it with you I've nothing else to add.

If its normal perspex then band or table saw no problem as long as you keep it guided and firmly bedded down on the table as you cut, or...

Don't worry about it - I only do it in the privacy of my own workshop! Well since I'm retired that is. PS come to think - I used to do...

A sustained forestry is carbon neutral by defintion. Whatever you do with the wood the amount of sequestered carbon stays steady. I'm...

Modern sharpeners grind "primary bevels" relentlessly. I don't. You don't need to if you take control of the process.

Absolutely is true. Main thing is to keep things away from powered grinders - they are the blade destroyers. Not quite the same but it's...