tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post8919805460624541329..comments2022-02-25T10:50:38.538-08:00Comments on Oregon Woodworker by Andy Margeson: My latest approach to sharpeningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-8156385251513880882017-01-09T10:26:43.623-08:002017-01-09T10:26:43.623-08:00I will give you my opinion, but it is only that. ...I will give you my opinion, but it is only that. I think A2 was an attempt to make edge tools that would hold an edge longer and, although, it did that, there were unacceptable tradeoffs so that it just isn't a good choice. PM-V11 is different. It takes a nice edge and has enough increased durability to justify the extra effort to sharpen it. Nevertheless, I prefer O1 because it takes such a nice edge and is easy to sharpen.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394365117138074832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-13944343571308786542017-01-06T20:15:35.046-08:002017-01-06T20:15:35.046-08:00Steve at Close Grain did blog on free hand sharpen...Steve at Close Grain did blog on free hand sharpening (Sellers) using registration blocks... best method I have found. Honing chisels often is so easy. Honing plane irons is a pain in the a... as I have to reset the plane (10 minutes). Interesting comments on O1.... is A2 and PM12 just marketing?????Marshalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560994749922503865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-88237398682551462062017-01-05T13:55:04.582-08:002017-01-05T13:55:04.582-08:00Lee Valley only describes using it with diamond pa...Lee Valley only describes using it with diamond paste and I don't know. I have had good luck with regular honing compound on a leather strop and a piece of baltic birch plywood. I know some people put it on mdf.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394365117138074832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-54384460727358962192017-01-05T06:31:12.344-08:002017-01-05T06:31:12.344-08:00Can you use a regular honing compound on steel hon...Can you use a regular honing compound on steel honing plates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-49627567655144293552017-01-04T13:06:56.640-08:002017-01-04T13:06:56.640-08:00Andy,
Good on you. In the pass and I expect even ...Andy,<br /><br />Good on you. In the pass and I expect even some in the future I am guilty of thinking with all the smoke there has to be fire. The truth is water stones vs. oil stones, or diamond is just that mostly smoke. If you want polish go with water stones, they will polish better than any other I've found. For a working edge any of the three work. Then it becomes a question of which works with your tools and shop set up. My answer keeps coming back to oil and strop, if I were working A2 or PM he answer would be diamond. Water stones are just too damn messy and fussy for day to day sharpening. Of course as you pointed out EMMV.<br /><br />kenI'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-84634318427245850712017-01-04T11:21:22.506-08:002017-01-04T11:21:22.506-08:00I've been woodworking for about a year and am ...I've been woodworking for about a year and am tackling this issue as a beginner. For now I've settled on the Paul Sellers method with three diamond plates in plywood. I bough the Dave Barrows bubble guide as a crutch still I instinctively can hold at 30 degrees. So far so good. I'm trying hard not to buy other methods.HoningTheEdgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398721470046642249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-70733152262591406892017-01-04T09:09:27.664-08:002017-01-04T09:09:27.664-08:00I think this is the way to go. I find that most o...I think this is the way to go. I find that most of the time I can get away with just going to the strop a bit mid-project and it sharpens up enough. I think its a good habit to sharpen up on the stones at the end of the day so when you pick it back up, everything is sharp and ready to go. A little extra time at the end of the day saves that much at the start of the next when you just want to jump in and go.Derek Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919744398323462327noreply@blogger.com