Sharpening a spoon knife

[belabear]

help needed!!!

got myself a nice spoon knife from svante djärv, but managed to dull it on an plum wood spoon.

and now i tried to resharpen it for 6 or 7 hours and still didn´t manage to get it more sharp than dull, dull, dull.......

slowely i get prepared to throw it into a corner...

any tips how to sharpen it correctely?

tried sandpaper on a piece of wood, tried the lansky rods, tried it on bank stones..... i seem to sharpen to the edge (says the magic marker) but....

otherwise will be in GB in the last two weeks in september, a week in london and one in cambridgeshire

anyone who could show me the ropes?

greetings from a frustrated austrian

belabear

 

[Outdoordude]

My brothers got the same problem as you. We dont have a clue either. My mum managed to wash it so now its rusty and dull.
Thanks
Jacob

 

[Androo]

I don't own any spoon knives yet, but this guy seems to know his onions:

[video=youtube;V0dasPRCdmk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0dasPRCdmk&feature=g-user-u[/video]

Tune in from about 3:40

 

[mikew]

Also see here http://www.benorford.com/Videos.aspx

 

[Hugo]

I do mine the Ben Orford way, nice and sharp they are.

 

[Samon]

Yep, Ben Orford is a great teacher, his videos are brilliant. I also own one of his spoon knvies and it is also brilliant!

 

[Bardster]

My brothers got the same problem as you. We dont have a clue either. My mum managed to wash it so now its rusty and dull.
Thanks
Jacob

i'm running a spoon carving workshop at the farm in a few weeks Jacob, (9th June) If you want to pop along I can show you how to sharpen it.

 

[Androo]

Wow, those Ben Orford videos are the business! My next knife is going to be a spoon knife.. now definitely a Ben Orford one. Top notch

 

[Hugo]

Yep, Ben Orford is a great teacher, his videos are brilliant. I also own one of his spoon knvies and it is also brilliant!

I have three of them and am well pleased with them.

 

[spandit]

Just ordered one...

 

[Samon]

Just ordered one...

my neighbour is rather jealous of mine after I showed him my mediocre spoons and bowls yesterday! lucky for me though, he works in the furniture wood industry so he can get hold of nice off cuts of decent wood! I've only sharpened mine once and I've done hours of carving with it and it's still cutting nicely even on seasoned plumb!

 

[belabear]

OK i´ll give ben´s method another try on the weekend and let my frustration grow a little more ;o)
if there would be any chance of somebody showing me how to do it in september it would be great
cheers
belabear