- Just an amateur wood worker who also likes shatpening
Hello Everyone, I am just an average stay at home dad who learned to hand sharpen on cheap water stones but I truly like sharpening tools and knives. Sharpening is a task that will let you know by...
399 points35 comments5 d ago
- Thoughts? I think the geometry is all screwed up.
334 points63 comments4 d ago
- Freshly sharpened Osborne
Just finished this Osborne. Reprofiled to a 15 degrees per side. Sharpened with the Sharpal stones 80-325-600-1000-3000-6000. Done on the Tsprof K4. Came out pretty sharp
245 points21 comments5 d ago
- I finally convinced myself to learn the art..
..of sharpening. First trip to Japan and I bought myself 1000 and 5000 grit Naniwa stones and 400 and 1000 grit diamond stone. I also went to the Whetstone Museum in Kyoto for the sharpening class...
164 points24 comments7 d ago
- Things we hate to hear...
...from the guy that brought in seven pairs of grooming shears to sharpen: "I've been hitting them with the bench grinder, but I just can't seem to bring up an edge."
123 points10 comments2 d ago
- nano chlass
pourquoi faire de si grandes plaques ? 😋😅🤭 bon week-end à tous 🤝
95 points11 comments2 d ago
- I may have a problem lol
89 points59 comments5 d ago
- Freshly sharpened Corgi VV
Just got this Corgi VV and the edge was not the best. Finished on a 2000 grit stone and stropped with 1 micron emulsion. Hapstone RS Ultra with Premium CBN stones
83 points5 comments2 d ago
- I really dislike S30V
This is my very well used Spyderco Sage 1 in S30V. It's possibly my least favorite blade steel. I don't think any other steel I use gets damaged this easily, although ZDP-189 may be worse. I quit...
65 points130 comments7 d ago
- First time sharpening a chisel
Ofc when you have new stones you gotta put them to work and you run out of kitchen knives quick so I decided to try out my hand on my grandfathers craftsman chisels that got passed down to me....
55 points8 comments1 d ago