[Woodcarver] WorkSharp?

[Vic & Cynthia Hamburger]

Matt said, in part

> 

> have something called Work Sharp.   Glass disks onto which you slap  

> standard abrasive disks,  a slotted wheel for non-flat tools, etc.

> 

> Has anyone used this yet? Looks interesting for flat tools, but not  too 

> sure about knives and curved tools.  


Matt,

I bought one about 6 months ago.  I have the leather wheel and the glass 
wheels for sharpening, the slotted disks, etc.  It seems OK for straight 
gouges, skews, chisels, and other tools.  I have not tried my palm 
gouges on it yet, they may be too short handled to work easily although 
freehand on the top of the wheel may be fine.  It is excellent for my 
woodworking chisels (one bevel, straight edge) and for my plane blades.

I haven't gotten excited about the leather strop, but haven't used it 
yet on wide flat blades so my verdict is still out on that part.

It cannot sharpen blades like a chip carving knife or other similar 
blade. You can't reverse direction of the wheel or sharpen both sides of 
the blade by turning the blade.  I continue to use my leather hone in 
the drill press for that trick after using my DMT 600 grit flat stone.

If you do no woodworking except carving, this is not the best sharpening 
system to buy.  If you have plane blades and other flat blades to 
sharpen, this is a nice tool.

Vic H