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You could have put my name there, and pointed it out. I'd be tempted to say "pot, meet kettle" but then I'd be even more condescending, and we can't have that now can we. Shaving looked painful... I'm out. Sorry to have offended anyone. I'll not post again. Stu.

Perhaps, but your definition of 'sharp' and my definition of 'sharp' are likely on a completely different planet. If I use a jig, it takes about 5 minutes to sharpen a decent sized chisel. If I skip the jig, then maybe 2 minutes. But I don't expect to need to sharpen that chisel again until...

It depends. If it's something like a Marples, the first inch polished is enough, so long as the back is 'flat' enough. But every new chisel I've bought for my own amusement in the last year has been a Koyamaichi, and they're already flat. I just need a minute to make them polished, so why not...

There is no consensus, and probably never will be. It's a combination of folks sincerely believing that the method they use is 'the best' at the exclusion of all others, regardless of what wants and needs someone else has in their sharpening gear (and often because they need justification in...

Hah, My stick is going to be part of the bench top. I must confess, I also use a stick when I'm boxing things up to ship them out. I have a length of cypress with several lines on it. It's straight and quite strong. The marks give me cut down lines for the corners of the boxes, the straight...

What Argus said. Story sticks are very useful. Case in point, this weekend I had to make a couple bench stretchers. Laid out one and cut it to size. Marked out the length of legs + stretcher, then made the second stretcher to match the same overall dimension with it's legs on the marks. I...

The accuracy is irrelevant, so long as YOU use the same tape measure and use it to transfer measurements for your own use. Start calling out dimensions, and expecting them to be constant when cut by someone else, well, what kind of accuracy are you working to? However, Lufkin are good tapes...

Using up a RH blade instead of getting another LH made? Proper LH blades too expensive? User request? I'd lean toward a RH blade being used for inventory/cost/time reasons myself. Something along the lines of the buyer needing a new plane, plane maker tells buyer we have no LH blades, can a...

For me... #1. No. Was it made last week? Probably. Do I know who made it? Yes. Have I 'broken bread' with that person? Yes! Then it's ok. :) #2. See #1. #3. See #1. #4. Is it shiny? Yes? Who cares what it's for! #5. I'd never do that. Ever. (Puts a mountain of shiny plane blades out of sight...

In that case, yes, square up the edge for edge gluing. When planing, many small shavings rather than few thick ones will probably serve you best as well, especially if the plane is short and you'll need to plane-check-plane to get the edges straight and square. If you decide to use the same...

That curve is called 'camber' and can be very desirable. A deep camber will allow material to be planed away rapidly in a controlled manner (search for 'scrub plane'). A mild camber will allow wider, thinner shavings to be taken more easily and without tearing as the sharp corners cannot dig in...

Trademark dispute? They look pretty good either way. Just a small suggestion, they need grinding wheels before they're more than shelf decorations. :twisted: I just wish the one I found here wasn't so gummed up with rust. Said on the side "Made in Occupied Japan" :shock:

Hot oil bath? Nice looking saw in the pic, and the medallion is very nice. Stu.

Well, that IS interesting. That's the very first listing I've seen with those figures, anywhere. Where did you find it? And why should I believe that this single example is correct, when every other example I've ever seen says differently? I really, REALLY hope you understand this. I cannot...

Janos, 2nd link is 24 years out of date. 1st link, I can't find anything tangible in it. Just a lot of linking off to more information about what's available, but no hard data without paying quite a lot of money for something that may or may not be useful. And no mention that I could find of...

Janos, JIS6001-1998 designates #1000 grit as 11.5±1.0 micron. JIS6001-1987 designates #1000 grit as 15.5±1.0 micron. The maximum particle size for the 1987 standard is 42 micron, but that's a tolerance measure not the specified grit size of which 97% of the particles in the designated grit size...

Hi Matthew, The grit issue, it's complicated. The official government standard is JIS6001-1998, and that's what most stones made since that time are graded to. But King are old, and to maintain consistency over the years, they stuck with the older JIS6001-1987 which has been unchanged for...

#1000 grit Waterstone testing. -> http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/wordpress/?p=672 Maybe not convincing, but it might help put things into perspective. I should be finishing that little chapter off rather than bashing stuff in here... Stu. (I like King stones, but I'll not use them unless I...

I kinda thought about the same, but the yellow section in the middle and the 'fine' on it suggested coticule. http://www.coticule.be/home.html If it works well, who cares what it actually is! :D Something about horses with presents between their teeth? :lol:

I don't know, I don't do naturals. But do some looking at 'Belgian Coticules'. I'll not bet money that yours is one, but I probably could very safely. Stu.