[Woodcarver] New Carver Advice

[Bill Judt]

Sam:

About tips breaking on Swiss tools:
I can't count the number of time this has happened in my carving 
studio, with both my tools and the students. It happens when the tools 
are new and are being used "out of the box", with factory sharpened 
edges.

The reason for this is that the factory edges are "concave" instead of 
"convex" in shaped. That is, the backside edge of the tool is hollow 
ground at the factory, using large grinding and buffing tools.

I warn my students to be careful with their tools till they are 
re-honed on a bench stone. After that the tools are far less likely to 
break.

Check it out, OK?

Bill
List Owner

W.F. Judt,
46 Harvard Cres,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
S7H3R1
PH: 306-373-6649
Email: bjudt at sasktel.net
Website: http://www.wwwoodcarver.com

On Apr 3, 2004, at 9:07 AM, Sam wrote:

> Perhaps Pfiel tools have gone down hill in the past 5 years,
> don't know, but I have about 10 of them and have yet to have one
> break at the tip. 
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