Sharpening a plane iron freehand

Grinding and honing a new Veritas plane blade with a hand-cranked grinder and oilstone freehand. With parrot background noises...

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• sharp
• sharpen
• sharpening
• plane
• blade
• chisel
• grinding
• honing
• veritas
• woodwork
• woodworking

[oldtoolalf]

Hello; I use the traditional favourite of neatsfoot oil. Gets used by the horse fraternity for keeping saddles and tack in order I believe, so not hard to find. Apparently you have to exercise some care to get pure neatsfoot and not something with added extras.

[guitarsandsuchetc]

why didn;t you use the clamp that came with the guide?

[charlesmcguffy]

@jedirifleman But they become worn through use.

[jedirifleman]

Is that a LieNielson blade? They usually come out of the box perfectly flat and square.

[karsroe]

You have a really sexy voice. :)

[Charrister]

Wow, so much just for sharping one blade!!

[darkskys163]

Where can I get a hand crank grider like yours?

[butkatrello]

free style, that's the way i sharp`n me blades..good ol` wet stone

[milamili007]

Sorry: 'Great job and great favor you've done us all.'

[milamili007]

I've been sweating the grinding & sharpening thing for months, reading all the 'experts' books and articles to be had. Watching this video has had me laughing at myself for an hour already. Perfect tonic for what ails any neophyte! Thanks so much!  You should post more 'techincal' videos like this one.

Great job, and great

[fobode]

hello, great vid,

just a question..

is your name Karren??

you sound exactly like my tutor!