Drunk bafoon dry grinds my axe!

[Simon]

Use The Force Young Bushman

when you've cleaned up with the first grit .. i.e. can't see the damage, go to the next in an opposite direction ..... in other words .. start tip to toe . and then with the next grit, toe to tip ... and keep woking till you can't see the previous lines

 

[tenbears10]

I haven't found any places that sell wet and dry in a grit finer then 600. could you suggest some please

Recomended to me by Simon, this place is good

http://www.tiranti.co.uk/index.asp

Look under files and abrasives for their waterproof abrasive paper they go to 1200 grit and if you contact them they might do other grits?

Bill

 

[Simon]

oow ouch Bill Tiranti are good for some things ... but

http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=1WS10180

even the local Halfords will do down to 1200 grit, though

 

[ScottC]

Out of interest, what is the name of this system of sharpening?

 

[Simon]

Uuummmmmmmmmm :?:

 

[tenbears10]

oow ouch Bill Tiranti are good for some things ... but

http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=1WS10180

even the local Halfords will do down to 1200 grit, though

Sorry Simon recomending something on your behalf. I ordered one of the riflers you suggested but their system is a bit oldfashioned, order online than the man phones you etc etc.

So halfords it is for wet + dry then.

Bill

 

[tenbears10]

Hold on, the place I suggested sells wet + dry for .47 inc vat and axminster is .53 inc vat so why are axminster better? Simon you monkey?

Bill

 

[Simon]

well blow me down :yikes: .. tiranti are not usually known for being an economic alternative

Simon the Monkey :wave:

 

[Lurch]

Aintcha got a local engineering firm?
I buy quite a bit of wet & dry and I'd have a fit if I was paying 53p. That said I couldn't tell you what I am paying; but 50p for a bit of posh sandpaper!

 

[Simon]

actually .. i rarely buy it at all ... it seems to fall off the shelf at work

 

[ScottC]

From where on the axe head do you start sharpening. Surely doing it from only the edge would not keep with the convex grind. I'm confused about what technique you use to sharpen it with the Hoodoo Hone ( yes i discovered the name).

 

[rapidboy]

At bottom of page ,120 grit to 1200 grit

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?ts=53584&id=101158


RB

 

[tenbears10]

At bottom of page ,120 grit to 1200 grit

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?ts=53584&id=101158


RB

That's more like it, about 27p a sheet.

Bill

 

[ScottC]

Hi,

I have all the bits ready to be assembled. I bought a pack of 10 assorted Wet'n'Dry sheets for £5.99 :yikes: from Halfords from 350 - 1200 grit.


Thanks for your help guys. :You_Rock_

 

[Roving Rich]

Thanks for Asking Young bushman, i learned some stuff too
Cheers Guys

Rich

 

[ScottC]

OK well I have made one, and I have 400, 600, 800 and 1200 grit strips ready to sharpen away. My small, simple mind still cannot grasp the sharpening technique. This is what I think i have to do. Clamp the axe so the head is facing away from you, then working from the top corner of head push diagonally towards and away BUT NOT ONTO the edge and rotating the Hone slightly to take in the curvature. Do this until you can't see the damage any more then change over to the other side. Then, change to the 600 grit and so on.. Then strop. Please correct me if i have made any mistakes.

Do you have any pictures?

 

[Simon]

sounds like you've got it about right YB ... obviously you don't want to go right round the edge because you want to put an edge on the axe and not round it off ... I think once you actually get started you'll get in to the swing of it quite quickly

no pictures unfortunately as my digi cam had an accident ......
I'm reduced to scanning my knife work at the moment and it's gonna be tough for me to climb on the scanner with my vice and axe and operate photoshop at the same time ... I might fall off and hurt myself ):

 

[ScottC]

OK, Listen very carefully if you do not have a hoodoo hone MAKE ONE! YOU NEED NEVER BUY STONES AGAIN!. I have achieved a sharp edge although not razor, Halfords only do grit upto 1200 so is this not fine enough to achieve it? Do I need to go somewhere else to get a finer grit? I will post a picture of the technique I was using and suggestions on what I could do to get a sharper edge would be very helpful .

To show you how good the Hone is for Honing and Polishing an edge look here:

Before

After:

 

[tenbears10]

Well done Scott :biggthump

If you strop the edge with some paste it will be like a razor. You've done the hard work it will just take a few passes on the strop (an old belt is great) to finish it.

Now keep it away from your brother and his mates :shock:

Bill

 

[ScottC]

Cheers Bill :biggthump

What paste do you suggest?