How Sharp Is Sharp?

[SmokeyPoint]

My $.02 - Pick up Al Stohlman's book Leather Craft Tools, How to use them, How to sharpen them. It covers methods for sharpening various actual leather crafting tools.

And if you're not happy with your over-sharpened head knife, ship it to me. I'll dull it up a bit and ship it back for you.

Edited December 31, 2015 by SmokeyPoint

[TinkerTailor]

Sheaths do not keep knives sharp, they do however cut down on band-aid consumption.

Art

The do if they prevent tools from banging together in the drawer........Or sticking into the cement floor.....

[club49]

Check out the web site Guns&Knives, Them Guys and Gails really get into it. I ordered a few stones and a DVD. The DVD is made by Murray Carter. He is a 7th generation Yoshimoto bladesmith. He takes you through the whole process of freehand sharpening. He has two DVDs out that I know of. I got the one called Blade Sharpening Fundamentals, there is a more advanced one. After watching the DVD, I realized how little I knew about sharpening. There is 2 hours and 51 minutes of information on how to sharpen blades. It is a good refrence tool.

Jim

[Colt W Knight]

I too use the if it won't shave it's not sharp enough metric.

[club49]

If you read my post above please don't make the same mistake I made. The stone that I ordered from Murray Carter turned out to be bad news. I used it tops 6 times. It started to flake off on the side of the stone. The DVD is very good, not the stone. He told me that I was to rough on it.That I must have been using something hard on it. He would refurbish it but would not give me a new stone. I guess steal is something hard. This guy didn't want to hear about it. I sent him a photo, the stone was so new you can still see the writing on it.

 

Jim