slopey chisel

[bugbear]

I like the look of that modified eclipse in Paul Chapman’s piece referred to by bugbear. Also, my eclipse is from B&Q and it is yellow!!!! From where should I get a proper eclipse (esp. one modified like Paul’s!) or is the veritas one like that? I think that the "squareness" is going to be my downfall.

Don't get hung up on the jig. If you get the pressure right (down pressure on the tip, driving pressure from the handle, very little pressure on the jig), things will go fine.

These skills are needed, in any case, even with wonderful jigs. There is no jig rigid enough to "enforce" proper sharpening; they merely guide.

Even this THING isn't fully rigid:

http://www.geocities.com/plybench/tour. ... pening_jig

More practise, less buying.

BugBear