I got a Frosts crook knife recently and have used it to carve my first spoon. I'm now looking for advice on how to sharpen it which I assume requires a specific technique? Anyone point me in the right direction?
Advice on sharpening a crook knife
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Thanks, I'll try that. Funny that there is no reference to sharpeing crook knives in Ray Mears' handbook (that I can find).
after struggling to find a good source of fine wet&dry someone recomended this place
http://www.abrasivesplus.com
up to 10,000 if you want to get fancy
It also sells small blocks of polishing compound for £1.60
for when your stropping the blade
http://www.abrasivesplus.com
up to 10,000 if you want to get fancy
It also sells small blocks of polishing compound for £1.60
for when your stropping the blade
Here is a posible solution, allbeit a convoluted one, but one that could keep it sharp:
Apparently, because of the nature of gouging and carving, it is an activity which can potentially blunt a blade very quickly. I recently bought a carvin jack (a kind of swiss army knife for carvers) I didn't get on with it that much but the sharpening information that came with it was useful. Basically it said that, in order to maintain a sharp edge and protect the blade from microfracture when carving, it is important to strop the edge at regular intervals with a special polishing compound, rubbed on to a stropping device.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Flexcut-Gold-Polishing-Compound-22340.htm
The stropping device designed for the carvin jack was simply a piece of wood with grooves matching the different blades on the tool, onto which you rubbed their compound like a crayon, there were grooves for the underside as well as the top of the blade. There was also a flat strip of leather on the 'slipstrop' for the large crook knife blade top as well as a convex form for the underside, which also accepted the polishing compound. I found this to keep the blade extemely sharp when used as they suggested.
I've also used the compound rubbed onto the underside of my leather belt for polishing my frost's clipper.
I'm sure that a strop could be improvised for the frost crook knife with a piece of dowel and some leather round it for regular polishing, and use the wet and dry suggested in this thread for main sharpening. The compound comes in a block £6.99 (SEVEN QUID ( I hate that .99 scam!) but it will last for ages and ages.
I also have a crook knife, although I'm not realy into carving and was considering building this suggested kit.
Apparently, because of the nature of gouging and carving, it is an activity which can potentially blunt a blade very quickly. I recently bought a carvin jack (a kind of swiss army knife for carvers) I didn't get on with it that much but the sharpening information that came with it was useful. Basically it said that, in order to maintain a sharp edge and protect the blade from microfracture when carving, it is important to strop the edge at regular intervals with a special polishing compound, rubbed on to a stropping device.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Flexcut-Gold-Polishing-Compound-22340.htm
The stropping device designed for the carvin jack was simply a piece of wood with grooves matching the different blades on the tool, onto which you rubbed their compound like a crayon, there were grooves for the underside as well as the top of the blade. There was also a flat strip of leather on the 'slipstrop' for the large crook knife blade top as well as a convex form for the underside, which also accepted the polishing compound. I found this to keep the blade extemely sharp when used as they suggested.
I've also used the compound rubbed onto the underside of my leather belt for polishing my frost's clipper.
I'm sure that a strop could be improvised for the frost crook knife with a piece of dowel and some leather round it for regular polishing, and use the wet and dry suggested in this thread for main sharpening. The compound comes in a block £6.99 (SEVEN QUID ( I hate that .99 scam!) but it will last for ages and ages.
I also have a crook knife, although I'm not realy into carving and was considering building this suggested kit.
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