Jacob
What goes around comes around.
Plus the usual paraphernalia.Reggie":3ms35wal said:100s of quids for a honing guide? Where are they from, cartier?
£9 in b&q.
Plus the usual paraphernalia.Reggie":3ms35wal said:100s of quids for a honing guide? Where are they from, cartier?
£9 in b&q.
Jacob":3e81igbx said:Plus the usual paraphernalia.Reggie":3e81igbx said:100s of quids for a honing guide? Where are they from, cartier?
£9 in b&q.
This is just a starter kit :roll: http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Bas ... g_Kit.htmlwoodbrains":16tb2xuu said:Jacob":16tb2xuu said:Plus the usual paraphernalia.Reggie":16tb2xuu said:100s of quids for a honing guide? Where are they from, cartier?
£9 in b&q.
Hello,
What paraphernalia? A jig, a stone or two. Don't think there are any special costumes or safety harnesses or anything. Am I missing something, or is my contention that using a sharpening jig actually isn't complicated or fussy actually registering.
Mike.
It's just that our OP is having a go and everybody is trying to put him off! I think he should be encouraged. They are just jealous because they can't do it. :lol:Paul Chapman":208uiiyy said:I nearly always use a honing guide. I think they are great
Can't understand this obsession some people have with wanting to hone freehand - IMHO it can never be as accurate as using a guide.
Cheers :wink:
Paul
Jacob":3k2dis05 said:Maybe they don't actually do a lot?
Very probably.Paul Chapman":22bqct00 said:...... . Do you suffer from OCD :? :lol:
Cheers :wink:
Paul
Jacob":129g14zb said:Fiddling with crazy sharpening techniques...
I bought my honing guide kit for the sum total of £11 inc vat. It came with an oil stone and a bottle of honing oil, adding a whole £2 to the total.Jacob":33k6y93c said:Plus the usual paraphernalia.Reggie":33k6y93c said:100s of quids for a honing guide? Where are they from, cartier?
£9 in b&q.
The same way as the others except for a little slip stone for the inside edge.Corneel":2ynbx5j8 said:And how do you sharpen a gouge?
DittoOr a scrub plane blade? Or a moulding profile, marking knife, router plane, skewed chisel?
Except for the saw ditto again.A handsaw, wooden spokeshave, drawknife, axe?
What's the jig for? I don't need one. When I tried with a jig it wouldn't work unless the stones were all dead flat and the jig very precisely set. Wouldn't do a camber either. Completely bloody pointless!! :lol: :lol: :lol:bugbear":uxd9jgkx said:Jacob":uxd9jgkx said:Fiddling with crazy sharpening techniques...
And yet another Jacob strawman lurches into view. For chissakes, Jacob, find something REAL to object to.
Blade in jig, rub back and forth on a few grits. Not crazy at all. A quick and reliable route to a sharp blade.
BugBear
Jacob":33qepbj8 said:When I tried with a jig it wouldn't work unless the stones were all dead flat and the jig very precisely set. Wouldn't do a camber either.
Cheshirechappie":17guwc1d said:However, if you really can't get on with it, there's no shame in using a honing jig. The only 'shame' is in having to use tools that are not sharp enough!
Jacob":94x14gcu said:Plus the usual paraphernalia.
This is just a starter kit :roll: http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Bas ... g_Kit.html
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