<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Larry and all:<div><br></div><div>Yes, Ev's video is excellent. It will do the job.</div><div><br></div><div>BUT... keep in mind that Ev's way is not the only way. I'll bet every experienced carver (def: one who has consistently sharp tools :-) has a slightly different method, and each achieves the perfect angle and razor sharp edges.</div><div><br></div><div>It's just that Ev has been able to explain his method on video in a way that is easy to follow and makes sense to the most carvers.</div><div>It amazes me how he managed to do that. The only way I can teach my students how to sharpen is by hands-on and one-to-one.</div><div><br></div><div>Kudo's to Ev!!!<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Blessings and Peace,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Judt</div><div>46 Harvard Crescent,</div><div>Saskatoon, SK, Canada</div><div>S7H3R1</div><div><a href="mailto:bjudt@sasktel.net">bjudt@sasktel.net</a></div><div><br></div><br><br></span> </div><br><div><div>On 11-Jul-08, at 11:17 AM, Larry Yudis wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">It has been suggested in the past, and I'm in full agreement, that the best<br>tutorial on sharpening is Ev Ellenwood's DVD called "Sharpening Simplified". I<br>have yet to have anyone who studied the DVD ever tell me they didn't achieve<br>sharp tools.<br></span></div><br></div></body></html>