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I usually try to hone the wire edge off with my finishing stone but you will hear a piece of steel on your strop while you are stropping and you want to get rid of it. Usually I just rub the strop down with the side of the plane iron or chisel blade and clean with a spray bottle of leather...

I had a similar problem and the Y-lever plus the pin were worn out, replacement with a set from Workshop Heaven fixed the problem. Cap iron placement I just set it as close as I can until I get accordion shavings and then back it off a touch probably about 0.4-0.5 mm total, thicker shavings will...

Nice looking plane and shavings Stewie! I have the Guangxi stone but it is a grey colour, hard as a ceramic and very slow cutting. How do you find the MST stone?

Good point Derek nice to see an old plane come back from the dead. BTW I believe the numbering you mention during the renovation was used to match the parts ready for assembly so all the components for one plane would have had the same number stamped on them. You can get plane irons made to size...

Must be a lot of infills sitting in glass cabinets which is a waste, they are for using. Difficult to adjust the mouth on one though you can only pack the iron to make the mouth tighter or use a thinner iron which is kind of pointless. Interesting that Bailey took a completely different route...

I have a Mathieson 2 1/8" coffin smoother and a Norris #1 2 1/2", I use them a lot for smoothing and bought them before the prices went silly. Would not say they are any better for the job than a well set up Stanley/Record type but I enjoy using them, they just feel good in the hand if a little...

Seems to be a fixation with using oil on SiC when it just clogs up the stone. Use water, lots of it, and the stone will keep on cutting. I move straight on to a Sigma 400 after resettiing the bevel and have no problems with contamination. Even the finest Crystolon is probably too coarse for my...

Colour alone is not a good indicator as the Japanese can produce stones in just about any colour using dyes. My experience shows that the SiC stones I have which are the cheaper end of the market are either darkish grey or grey/blue. The dark grey ones are harder and slower cutting than the blue...

Think you are going to need a bigger scraper! Have you worked out just how many sharpenings it will need to complete the job? Seem to remember that type of stone was what the fish market guys were using to touch up their knives, oval in shape but flat on each side, quite fine and only lube used...

Tools are for using and that knife is screaming "Use me"! Just don't let HID use it or you will have a wreck. Carborundum does tend to rip steel away and not ideal for sharpening soft steel. The diamond plates I use are well worn and quite benign compared with a new diamond plate. Victorinox...

Probably talking about Tojiro knives which are a bargain in VG10 even in the UK definitely recommend them. A smooth steel does seem to burnish these knives but I would not call it sharpening. Anything over about approx RC 60 will chip before it deforms. My sister has had about every knife used...

The only hand forged and finished knives I have seen have a somewhat rustic appearance none of which matters it is all about the heat treatment, grind and the ability of the steel to take and hold a sharp edge. As you say way beyond what I would pay for a knife but none the less fine pieces of...

Most knife sharpeners sharpen longer knives like Gyutos in sections across the width of the stone using light finger pressure over the bevel, hence they demand a flat stone a concave stone would only correspond to certain areas of the natural curve of the knife. You certainly end up with a...

Some new stones are not flat and do not cut well after manufacture and do require both flattening and a surface refresh before use. The knife boys are fanatical about having flat stones perhaps it is something to do with the very small bevels and the thinness of the steel involved.

Yeah stay around Stewie, noli illegitimi carborundum. Which I think means "Use 60 grit carborundum powder for grinding you will find it better" ;0)

No problems with my 120 grit as long as it is well soaked and flushed frequently, occasional refresh with 60 grit powder keeps it flat and cutting. Perhaps a refresh with SiC grit on Crystolons would be a good idea. Possibly a fine Crystolon would make a good finisher when you consider how...

If you are talking about the Sigma SiC stones then they probably act much the same as a new Crystolon. Always meant to dig them out, boil all the oil out and use them with water I reckon that might help with the clogging effect. Flattening an oil loaded stone would drive me nuts! All the other...

Might have at one time in the form of a double sided stone, probably in the reject box in the shed. I do use higher grit SiC stones made by Sigma and they cut well if probably overkill for most steels.

As Jim Kingshott said " The novice should experiment with different methods, keep an open mind and be prepared to try out new ideas. One should not be influenced by what other people state as the correct and only way to obtain a sharp edge. The method that works best for you is the one to use"...

Never bought an old chisel or plane iron that had either a flat back or bevel in fact a lot of them looked like a train wreck. Rather than try to imitate the original owners methodology I flatten the backs and set the bevel how I like it. Nothing better than an SiC brick for this job and I like...