Chip Carving 108 - How to sharpen your knife!

Chip Carving 108 - How to sharpen your knife and clean your sharpening stone. Having a sharp knife is crucial to successful chip carving. Learn how to get a razor sharp edge in this lesson.
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[MrHorrorhound]

How often should knife sharpening occur?  After a days use or just when it seems dull?

[MyChipCarving]

@MrHorrorhound You will sharpen your knife only when it needs it. When cuts are not clean and more effort is needed to remove chips, it's time to sharpen. I'll be adding another sharpening video in the near future showing a better way to test for sharpening.

Marty Leenhouts

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[EnigmaMyth]

Is there a grit or micron size with the ceramic stones? It would been nice to see a before and after demonstration of the cutting effectiveness of the knife.

Thanks for the video.

[MyChipCarving]

@EnigmaMyth The white ceramic is 1800 grit, gray ceramic is 600-800 grit. You'll know the difference between a sharp knife and one that's dull when you are carving. I always suggest that beginners pay for my sharpening service ($5.95/knife). that way they will know what a sharp knife is like and what to shoot for when the time comes for them to sharpen.

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Marty

[residentevil926]

@retusyllib I have a Opinel and it has a convex edge.I like the message though.

[Conan568]

@marcclarke01

Yeah, who would have thought?

[marcclarke01]

@Conan568 What a great suggestion. I tried it and it works very well. Thank you.

[Conan568]

Cool.

When outdoors I've used truck window edges to sharpen knives.

[HCDDWarhero]

Thats good but you to make sure everyone knows not to do this with a knife blade that curves,

[Philippe620]

i want to become an edge of purest steel