Comments on: How Larry Williams Hones a Chisel – Don’t Blink

By: rfblanchette

rfblanchette — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:51:38 +0000

Check out Paul Sellers sharpening methods on youtube. He does chisels and plane irons freehand start to finish in about a minute. I have used his technique and it works well (with practice).

By: Eric R

Eric R — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:27:06 +0000

Sometimes, less is more…..

By: lwilliams

lwilliams — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:41:26 +0000

Megan,
I must have been pretty tired and distracted when I failed to stress that the real work in sharpening is on the flat face. Maintaining a flat face and flat, freshly dressed stones are a big part of what allows so little work on the bevel. Grinding to maintain a small 30º honed bevel is the other part of the equation.

The work on the bevel was just to raise a small uniform wire edge which was then removed with a couple passes with the flat face on the stone. The few strokes on the strop were just to remove any remnant of wire edge that might remain.

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:39:39 +0000

Ooooo – I should have mentioned that after honing, he does take a few passes on a leather strop charged with either yellowstone or green compound, to remove the wire edge. And I’ll add that above.

By: sablebadger

sablebadger — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:33:39 +0000

That’s very similar to what I’ve come up with for sharpening. Quick and easy, no jigs or fussing with things. I get it nice and sharp and touch it up with the Oilstone, and strop it.

Done.