Another thing I like doing is to square up the blade and at the same time remove any nicks in the edge (see photo). The Tormek system is great for recreating the bevel, but be careful you don't grind at a very low angle on Japanese chisels due to the brittleness of the high-carbon steel. Tom Cole William Truitt wrote: And, as you know Jim, you have to flatten the back on the chisel before you can begin to sharpen it. Which is why the backs of these chisel has one or more reliefs, which allows you to bring it to a flattened state much more quickly. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101009/bdbc909c/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ChiselGrind-2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 513451 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101009/bdbc909c/attachment-0001.jpg>
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