oil stone and sharpening knives

[mac1012]

now before anyones blood pressure begins to rise I am not opening the debate on the different types of sharpening

as I know the hot topic has been covered on here !!

I am starting out carving and I want a reasonably inexpensive either oil stones or diamond stones just as I dip my toes in , something that's not going to crumble and bevel on the first stroke but will last me long enough to upgrade if I get into it.

I will be sharpening a 1 inch wood chisel , I also need some advice on sharpening a riving knife a carving knife and a 7mm straight gouge and what to sharpen them on

any advice on this or links would be great thanks

mark

 

[marcros]

i would start with a bog standard, 2 sided oil stone.

for the gouge, you will need a slip stone- I bought a henry taylor one which was about as cheap as i could find new. It is worth shaping a piece of hardwood to the profile of your gouge (and have a flat piece for the straight chisel, then covering them in leather with a bit of diamond paste on or autosol. A little goes a long way, so if you dont have any, i could bung a bit on a plastic bag to get you started. The idea is that you dont sharpen the tools that often, but you hone them on the leather very regularly. It is very close by, so that you give it a quick hone every few minutes. I am sorry, dont know about the knives, or their shapes. It probably is similar though.

 

[PAC1]

+1 That is what I was going to say but by the time I had typed it you had the answer

 

[bugbear]

now before anyones blood pressure begins to rise I am not opening the debate on the different types of sharpening

Yes you are - you just don't mean to!



BugBear

 

[Sheffield Tony]

I'm guessing that Mac is the same mac as on the APTGW forum ... In which case, if you want a good, calm answer on sharpening I'd ask Sean Hellman over there - he did a sharpening demo at the Bodger's ball, and whatever he does obviously works !

 

[memzey]

APTGW?

 

[Sheffield Tony]

Sorry. Association of Pole lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers (Bodgers for short !)

 

[mac1012]

thanks marcos and others for replying , I am thinking of going the Japanese waterstone route for my chisel and the slip stone for my gouges if you bhave any paste marcos or can advise where you got it either would be great , I wll use it for the knife sharpening when I find out best way to sharpen it !

mark

 

[marcros]

no probs. drop me your address and i will squeeze a bit into a plastic bag.

 

[disco_monkey79]

i would start with a bog standard, 2 sided oil stone.

for the gouge, you will need a slip stone- I bought a henry taylor one which was about as cheap as i could find new. It is worth shaping a piece of hardwood to the profile of your gouge (and have a flat piece for the straight chisel, then covering them in leather with a bit of diamond paste on or autosol. A little goes a long way, so if you dont have any, i could bung a bit on a plastic bag to get you started. The idea is that you dont sharpen the tools that often, but you hone them on the leather very regularly. It is very close by, so that you give it a quick hone every few minutes. I am sorry, dont know about the knives, or their shapes. It probably is similar though.

I it's not too cheeky/breaking any rules, can I ask what you paid for the slipstone, and where you got it? I'm on the look-out for one at the mo.

Thanks

 

[bugbear]

i would start with a bog standard, 2 sided oil stone.

for the gouge, you will need a slip stone- I bought a henry taylor one which was about as cheap as i could find new. It is worth shaping a piece of hardwood to the profile of your gouge (and have a flat piece for the straight chisel, then covering them in leather with a bit of diamond paste on or autosol. A little goes a long way, so if you dont have any, i could bung a bit on a plastic bag to get you started. The idea is that you dont sharpen the tools that often, but you hone them on the leather very regularly. It is very close by, so that you give it a quick hone every few minutes. I am sorry, dont know about the knives, or their shapes. It probably is similar though.

I it's not too cheeky/breaking any rules, can I ask what you paid for the slipstone, and where you got it? I'm on the look-out for one at the mo.

Thanks

If that doesn't work, look out for old slate finishing stones. They're really quite soft, and can be easily cut or abraded into any shape you need.

And they're 1-2 quid at a car boot sale.

BugBear

 

[marcros]

i would start with a bog standard, 2 sided oil stone.

for the gouge, you will need a slip stone- I bought a henry taylor one which was about as cheap as i could find new. It is worth shaping a piece of hardwood to the profile of your gouge (and have a flat piece for the straight chisel, then covering them in leather with a bit of diamond paste on or autosol. A little goes a long way, so if you dont have any, i could bung a bit on a plastic bag to get you started. The idea is that you dont sharpen the tools that often, but you hone them on the leather very regularly. It is very close by, so that you give it a quick hone every few minutes. I am sorry, dont know about the knives, or their shapes. It probably is similar though.

I it's not too cheeky/breaking any rules, can I ask what you paid for the slipstone, and where you got it? I'm on the look-out for one at the mo.

Thanks

I know that this wasnt directed to me but...

I got a henry taylor one a while back, which was the cheapest new one that i could find, i think. It was for a very narrow v gouge, so it may have been the cheapest one that would fit that gouge. Think it was from here, and I seem to remember asking about postage cost on a small item. http://www.peterchild.co.uk/osc/sharpen ... 29_57.html