Plane/Chisel Stone Sharpening

[David Skolnik]

Terry -

Like Greg Newell, I would recommend a Tormek, which I own and am happy 
with,  however, I went to the Shapton site and went into the forums.  I 
realized that you probably already have a considerable investment in these 
stones, and a lot of people in the Zen sharpening culture seem to think 
very highly of them.  Of the discussions I read, no one seems to imply that 
they use any guides with these stones.  Why don't you post to them?  They 
seem to be willing to address this sort of question, though I suspect you 
might want to retire the skill/experience comment, for obvious (I think) 
reasons.  I did get the sense that these stones are designed for Japanese 
style cutting tools, not Western.    Sharpening...Now, there's something 
uncontroversial.   Good luck

David Skolnik

At 08:57 PM 1/28/2003, you wrote:
>I have a question for those who sharpen plane blades and/or chisels on 
>some type of stone (Japanese waterstone, ceramic, Arkansas, or whatever) 
>and use a honing guide. I have trouble reproducing the EXACT angle of the 
>blade in the honing guide when I want to touch up the edge. Or if I am 
>sharpening several plane blades and chisels, I would like to do all the 
>coarse work first, then the medium grits, fine, and then polishing. (I've 
>been sharpening ALL my chisels and planes for TWO DAYS NOW.) But unless I 
>have a honing guide for each piece, I find it very difficult to reproduce 
>the exact angle for fine grinding and polishing. The only way I can really 
>see it working is to attach the honing guide to one piece and go through 
>all necessary grits (or have a honing guide for each piece to be 
>sharpened). Then next time the blade needs some touchup, you will need to 
>go to a grit that is able to correct any angle deviation that you have 
>from mis-angling the honing guide.
>
>I am using Shapton ceramic sharpening 
>stones:  http://www.shaptonstones.com/  (Professional Series) and the 
>Veritas Honing Guide and Bevel Setter: http://www.garrettwade.com/ (type 
>in "veritas honing guide).
>
>Am I missing something here? Or is this a universal problem? Or is this 
>one of those skill/experience things (damn, I hate those)?
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>
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