Hollow-Ground DuoSharp Sharpening

sdbranam · 3 Sep 2012

Since I got Mark Rhodes' sharpening method wrong on my previous post, here is a blog post which I believe emulates his method more accurately.

http://www.closegrain.com/2012/09/hollow-ground-duosharp-sharpening.html

mtr1 · 4 Sep 2012

Spot on, thats exactly how I sharpen. I have found it quick and good enough for the timbers I use, how do you find it?

sdbranam · 4 Sep 2012

Good, I'm glad I got it right this time! I did indeed find it fast, since just a few minutes of grinding is sufficient for a number of honings, each of which is really fast. The chisel was very smooth through the pine end grain. I'll do a few more chisels this way so I have a working set to spend some time with and use them on a couple of projects.

woodbloke · 4 Sep 2012

In one of JK's books (don't know which one) exactly the same method is shown - Rob

MIGNAL · 4 Sep 2012

I've been using that method for just over 10 years. I go from the hand crank straight to a 8,000G waterstone. I find it quick and very simple. The hand crank allows you to creep slowly back up to the edge, without overshooting it. With a power grinder it's probably very easy to overshoot the edge and lose precious metal.