Sorry Manny, didn't mean to come over all "foaming-at-the-mouth"
Philly - Thanks for the advice, no need for apologies, guess the best thing for me is to try one myself.
Alf - Thanks for the advice also
Sorry Manny, didn't mean to come over all "foaming-at-the-mouth"
It's funny how 2 people can look at the exact same thing and come to totally opposite conclusions.
Midnight":3519wl01 said:still trying to figure how to hone the blade on the Millers Falls cigar shave
Funny you should mention that: Recent Old Tools queryMidnight":o6fpz26z said:<still trying to figure how to hone the blade on the Millers Falls cigar shave.
Too true. But the day my hand can't hold a spokeshave blade in order to hone it, I'm writing straight to the manufacturer to complain.Midnight":o6fpz26z said:To date, the only blades I have that it canna handle are the spoke shave blades, but ya canna blame a system for not handling stuff it was never designed to cope with.... right..??
It is a tricky little bugger isn't it?
When I worked in joiners shops I never saw a honing guide being used
Mike, just out of interest, where you trying to freehand hone from a hollow grind, or a flat grind? Inquiring minds...
Unfortunately, he's ended up with strongly rounded bevels, with the final edge at around 40 degrees!
There is indeed a massively prevalent macho anti-jig attitide amongst joiners, regardless of evident facts...
Perhaps us amateurs know something ater all.
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