Old sharpening methods...

[Ken S]

Thomas,

Looking at the fascinating photo of the boat axe you posted, I notice that our ancestors made an edge with the burr successfully removed. With the advanced work on burr removal on this exchange, I am hopeful that we may someday catch up with our ancestors!

Ken

ps, I really do find your posts fascinating. I just watched a program on the mystery of Chaco Canyon. Those ancient people were truly remarkable, understanding things like 18 1/2 year lunar cycles.

[Edgepal]

Jan, nice job with the hole in the stone! It is difficult to work in stones with machines!

Ken S, yes, what I know we have not find any burr on all the stone tools we have found so our forefathers must had a very special machine to remove the burr

I think we can learn a lot of things from earlyer knife and axe makers and their grinding tecnuiqe - and that edges tools was just tools, often designed for a special purpouse.

If you search on Google pictures after "båtyxor" (boataxes" perhaps "Scandinavian båtyxor" you will se a mot if them I think, they are beutiful designed and there is not two exatly the same. Some of them are extremt long and thin and extreme nice.

Search also on:

"Stenålders yxor" (stone age axes" to se other types of axes
Stenålders knivar (stone age knifes)
Stenålders dolkar (stone age daggers)

Thomas

[Edgepal]

Perhaps we all working wrong when we sharpen knifes ?



Thomas

[Edgepal]

And why use hand/foot craft or electricity? Dog-craft was use earlyer - and is the dog are good educated he can change his speed on command



Thomas

[Edgepal]

And a picture that show how we see our selfs



Thomas

[Edgepal]

This picture shows a sharpening stone from the ironage, probebly from the viking time (795-1050) but it can be a little older then that.
The material is, in Swedish, skiffer. A very fine hard sediment. Skiffer can be very hard, nearly hard as flint.

You can se, in this picture, that long edges have been sharpen. The left side of the sharpener is worn to a "U" shape (concave) wich means that the edge will become convex.

Next picture shows the same sharpener but its other side - and there can you se thatvthethat sharpener also was used to sharpen smaller blades, the concave part is smaller.

This sharpener have a hole in the upper end and have probebly beeing hanging in a mans belt for daily use.

It is rectangular, used at all sides - but mostly used on its not so wide sides. I find that interesting becouse I have find out that I use smaller and smaller sharpeners - and thinner and thinner...also in my tools...

Is there some more members that have the same experiance? if yes - why are we using smaller and smaller sharpeners?

Thomas

[Edgepal]

Thomas

[grepper]

Oh, the good old days.

   

[Edgepal]

Ahh! Mikes sharpener Tommy allready finnished!

Are she his wife? Wife craft ?

[Edgepal]

I hope this link works. It is in Swedish, sorry, but there is a lot of pictures of old sharpener and I think you can figure out the years the pics are from

If you like to read the text you can translate the text - or learn Swedish, a nice languish to be able to speak if you travel to Sweden.

http://www.cultur.nu/knivar/expo/skarsli..._iKIKdR-z8

Thomas