Recent content by wem

No Wassily or Barcelona chair, nothing by Wenger! Very poor!

Wel yes it'll work but only if you can hollow grind accurately enough to give you the 30º edge and don't mind the edge weakened by hollow grinding. A lot of these methods are predicated on the assumption that people can't easily hit an angle of 30º freehand. I don't believe this is true and in...

Ordered some dakota clamps trying to save bit of cash, unfortunately they are no where near the quality of bessey, I suppose you get what you pay for!

Like it a lot! Love the blackwood ones pictured on your site!

Unusual, like it very much!

Ive some old wooden plane irons you can have, they need some work but are excellent sheffield steel.

pretty amazing

Congratulations, I have searched but can anyone link me to images of the boxes?

The illustration showing the grind and the two points of contact with the stone along the edges.

Yes, sorry.

Thanks Jacob. I have also been reading Krenov's books and he achieves a secondary bevel by relying on a concave grind from the wheel, this he rests on his stone and hones using small left to right or circular movements, nothing more, only the outer edges of the hollow grind contact. I have found...

Really nice! What kind of wood?

What is a decent alternative?

Very nice!

I've been thinking about this a bit recently and would a slightly concave arkansas/waterstone give the desired camber to a blade that we emulate with jigs, techniques?