How to Sharpen a "Low Angle Blade"?

[Arturomex]

You could get something like the Craftool Keen Edge Sharpener and some wet dry sandpaper on a good, flat surface like a sheet of glass, granite or quartz.

I'd start with something fairly coarse to redefine the blade angle and keep stepping up to finer grits until I had a surface ready for the strop. Remember to work both sides of the bevel equally.

Regards,

Arturo

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 2020 by Arturomex

[Lil Doodler]

Here's a video of Mike Dale, using a Peter Main "Low Angle" blade and the concept of "Cut less, Bevel more"

It looks like the Peter Main swivel knife blade has a wider angle, so it doesn't cut as deep and makes it easier to bevel

I think this has been covered in another thread on Leatherworker.

I'm experimenting with a 35 degree blade, might try a 40 degree and go from there

[Lil Doodler]

So, it looks like the sharpening angle is wider, more of a V shape causing a "low cutting angle"?

Most swivel knife blades are 30 degrees, on each side. So a wider, less deeper cut would be 35 or 40 degrees?

 

And the bottom of the knife edge is not square, but angled. But not as sharp an angle as the bottom edge of a filigree blade?

VS a filigree blade

The video from the previous post was from Immiketoo. Great work! Great video!

Thanks Mike for the description you gave above.

Using a digital caliper, I see that most of my swivel blades have a thickness of 0.080" to 0.100"

I did find just one angled one that was 0.067" thick. I'm going to reshape the blade and see what happens

Edited July 21, 2020 by Lil Doodler