my bevelers have gotten dull

[Regis]

I've always keep a string loaded with rouge attached to my jewelers bench for a multitude of small polishing tasks. BUT, never thought of if for keeping edger sharp. Thanks. Attached to bench allows you to pull string tight while polishing.

Another little trick an old guy taught me was to pull some cord (thread) through jewelers rouge. then pull the "loaded" string through your edger as many times as needed to keep your edger sharp.

Marlon

[Rawhide]

Hey,

We just learned something from each other. Thanks and you're welcome at the same time.

[esantoro]

Here's a page from Stohlman's book on using and caring for leathercraft tools. It seems to illustrate what some have pointed out in this thread .

I have also realized how important it is to sharpen edgers. The different is as between night and day.

The attached page shows the need to take a file or sanding stone to the bottom of the edger. So far I have been using 600 emory paper on the top side only in fear of dulling the cutting edge. The tandy edgers are good to practice on, as I'd hate to mess up a more expensive edger.

ed

sharpen_edgers.pdf

sharpen_edgers.pdf

[esantoro]

I'd like to hear more about using a dremel to sharpen these edgers and know which attachments to use.

Ed

[Skipknives]

whee haw,,thanks guys,,and thank you for the pdf,,that helped too