Knife Sharpening- My Way: Part 1

There's probably not two wood carvers who sharpen their blades the same way but this is a skill that is as essential to successful carving as is the wood we carve. This is the way that I do it.

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• wood
• carving
• knife
• sharpening
• arts
• crafts

[allengoodman69]

milotist,If you ask a hundred  people how they sharpen,you would get that many approaches !!! I sharpen woodcarving tools,and knives on...get this..."sandpaper" via power !!! I would love to see your method posted ! Dont make a fool out of yourself,commenting negatively on a subject you know nothing about.

[bigbubba5037]

Bill Clinton?

[uraniumjoe]

Very helpful video. Thanks!

[sween187]

@woo2fly18 yes my swiss army knife is rasor sharp, i could shave with it

[woo2fly18]

can you ever get a knife like that rasor sharp?

[ShowtimeStables66]

Nice homeade leather strop tool! Good job and good idea!

[iilovebooks]

i do have a question: isn't the point of a leather strop to buff away the teeth of the blade? and wouldn't jewelers rouge leave teath? or was the point jus to use the rouge as another abrasive?

[DEshav2b]

Straight forward. Nice contrast with the scary sharp sandpaper approach many people don't know about and the stones. I will definitely use your stropping technique and your bench hook approach with the work table. Thank you.

[jedirifleman]

sounds like LEE from orange county choppers.

[debovey]

I normally use only a strop to restore the edge. But for actual sharpening (shaping), I have used sandpaper up to 1200 grit, an oilstone, a Japanese waterstone. The edge is always with a strop. I would never use a grinder because of the heat generated. Allen is very experienced with a sanding disc on a drill but I don't have his "touch", so I wouldn't use that method, at least not without some serious instruction. Just use a method that you can control.

[s92dx]

trace amounts of mineral oil from the blade won't make you sick. It's sold in stores for a medicinal purpose, as a laxative. So I guess if you somehow had a teaspoon full on your blade that ended up on a piece of toast you MIGHT have a little runny bathroom problem. But that's highly unlikely