[Woodcarver] Sharpening tools, V tools and others

[Bill Smith]

hi what  I learned about sharpenin a tool goes back to
the time I started to want to make my own knifes and
my  mom which I live with since I have rsd. Asked me
to sharpen her sciccors boy was that a mistake did not
know what I was doin to them, thought they sharpen the
same way found out lator u only do one side not the
inside.

Bill
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> > Re: Problems with sharpening the V tool, or any
> other tool. Woodcraft will  
> sharpen your tools for you for a modest fee. There
> are a number of other tool  
> distributors and makers that will do the same. 
>     It would be worth it to see what a properly 
> sharpened tool looks and 
> works like.
>     Or is you have a local woodcarver, you might ask
>  them to help/show  you 
> if you like the way their tools carve. In our 
> Tuesday morning group, folks 
> quite frequently loan a tool to let someone see if 
> they like it or the way it 
> cuts. Recently, I have been informally elected to 
> show some folks how to 
> sharpen. Most haven't a clue. Second thing that I
> notice  is that they don't invest 
> the time the first time around in getting their tool
>  shaped, sharpened and 
> honed properly. Folks, it takes time. The more you
> learn,  the less time it 
> will take. I do not like getting out a tool that I
> have never  set up correctly 
> before. Yes, I have spent as much as 90+ minutes
> reworking a  tool that has 
> been improperly done, not my own in this instance,
> but do find  some poor results 
> even among long time carvers.
>    Just a thought.
>     Tom
>     Thomas W. Horton
>     Glen Mills,  PA  
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