This is a very nice carving Hoodoo. How big is it and what wood did you use if I may ask?
How sharp are my tools? Sharp enough for the job at hand! When they stop cutting, I sharpen them...
Pretty much sums up my thoughtsHow sharp are my tools? Sharp enough for the job at hand! When they stop cutting, I sharpen them...
This is a very nice carving Hoodoo. How big is it and what wood did you use if I may ask?
Well first i start with a reasonably standard sharpening stone, then i move to a smoother stone, then ceramic. Not satisfied with this before i've moved on to using wads of silk but that wasn't enough so i gathered some spider webs and used that, almost happy with this i then hold it up to the wind and allow it to really put an edge on. Finally to give it a polish and that one last touch of sharp i subject it to moonlight.
i test on free hanging paper,if that cuts with no problems im happy.
Terry Pratchett, when Death wasn't Death for a while and he made himself a new scythe. Can't remember which Discworld novel it was though...
Shaving sharp does me <snip> ............<snip> I find it easy to maintain with a ceramic rod.
Reaper man it was, fantastic book with the birth of 'the death of rats' excellent stuff
On topic .... im makeing my own knives atm and shaveing sharp is a must for all of them lets face it with a new knife its the first thing you try that or papper shredding
i woudnt want less than that on an out of the box knife (its got to the point where i have to use a leg now made a lot of knives in the last few months lol).
not exactly shure why ppl are saying "shaveing sharp will do me " what the heck comes after that ?
i made 2 skiners the other day with a 17degree micro bevel ON a full flat grind in 30 mm o1 some one would have to do some maths to accertain all the angles im sure lol, put it this way i have cut myself without noticing and have to go wash to see where and now im a bit scared to handle them (i can get a wire edge on them atm with just a strop...think about that for a sec ) prob buckle if i tried to cut wood ofc but thats not what they wer designed for i never take just one knife with me so the basic answer would be very sharp and dam sharp lol.
off topic ...pratchet rocks got about 12 atm i love dem witches )