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I`ll say once more, guides are easy to use, freehand sharpening is just as easy, guides don`t make it any harder. Mignal, you visited another forum to find something misleading about the use of a honing guide or so you believe, I don`t know if that`s true or not, what I do know is, I don`t have...

It was the oil stone I was referring to, not the method of sharpening A2 steel, you won`t get it sharp with a few swipes on an oil stone. I agree with you free hand sharpening is easy, really really easy, just the same as sharpening with a guide.

You have done it again Jacob picking parts of the discussion to suit your opinion, lets get an answer about grinders, you said you don`t use them because they over heat the tool, how do you get around this with your sander or linisher? Or do you agree they too overheat the tool which then makes...

It always makes me smile when people say things like, "fiddling around with a jig" or "a guide is probably OK for a beginner" and "a few swipes on an oil stone and it was sharp", well jigs or in this case a honing guide is really easy to use there is no fiddling about and yes they are good for...

You don`t agree Jacob, how unusual! Hollow grinding is good for woodwork and is good for all aspects of it. My Tormek grinder doesn`t overheat anything, must be something to do with the water. I believe a sander and linisher also heat up a tool, you are contradicting yourself now. Assertive, no...

I`m sorry to take so long to come back with an answer, I was catching up on Emmerdale. To be clear I am talking about grinding bevels not honing bevels and to start with we must agree that any grinding bevel (concave or convex, hollow or round, pick your term) will only let us hone it a set...

No point, you will just ignore it.

Its not concave!

That`s because you ignore all the convincing answers and blunder on regardless.

This honing guide is one of those items someone may purchase and then upon receipt of it say, now I`d better buy a drawknife. they are well engineered state of the art tools, a complete contrast to the item they are meant to sharpen. The lights for the Jap saws are even worse.

http://www.benchcrafted.com/Drawsharp.htm I bet you are speechless Jacob, I was!

Thanks for that very useful information Cheshirechappie, I`ll bear it in mind when I make a saw handle. MMUK, I too use hardpoint saws for cutting MDF etc, but nothining cuts timber like a properly sharpened (what`s the opposite to a hardpoint saw? softpoint!) handsaw.

Nice work Mignal, my saw sharpening is a bit hit and miss, but I`m improving.

I suppose comfort is the main thing for a saw handle, but looking at the Two Lawyers saws, style makes a difference.

I think i will have a go at making a saw handle, its the only thing that lets the saw down, full marks to S&J for making it in wood, plastic is horrible. i still cant believe how good the blade is, the new Pax would have cost me around £80 or £90 the S&J blade is equally as good and has the...

I bought the 22" 10 point, to me it cuts just like a crosscut saw, I did try to rip cut with it, but it was like rip cutting with a crosscut saw!

For a while now I have been looking for a replacement handsaw, my original Pax panel saw has seen better days, I was going to replace it with a new Pax but unfortunately the quality seems to have dropped quite a bit, I looked at one at Yandles only to discover the blade was not straight and the...

Jacob and Mignal, reminds me of that film title Dumb & Dumber.

Wrong again then Jacob or are you still only "acting" ignorant, first the guitars now James Krenov, do you think shortening peoples names (Dave, David Charlesworth, Jimbo, James Krenov), demeans them, I don`t think it does. I`m off to work now Jake, I suppose you are still stuck in your armchair.

Another thank you to David Charlesworth, through reading your books I discovered Krenov, seemingly a long time after everybody else going by the other posts.