04-20-2017, 05:44 AM
Interesting thoughts. A person and a term come to mind.
The person is the late Leonard Lee, founder of Lee Valley and author of my favorite sharpening book. I never met him, but have always regarded him very highly. In his book and video, he discussed sharpening chisels with waterstones. He believed sharpening chisels to 4000 grit was more than adequate for most purposes.
The term is what the Adirondack guides used to call the wealthy gentlemen who came for a week's "roughing it". They called them "the sports". There is definitely a group of woodworking sharpening sports. They insist on every chisel being sharpened at least through the Shapton 30,000 stone, even if the chisel is used with framing lumber. (I can laugh because I have leanings this way.)
Interesting discussion.
Ken
The person is the late Leonard Lee, founder of Lee Valley and author of my favorite sharpening book. I never met him, but have always regarded him very highly. In his book and video, he discussed sharpening chisels with waterstones. He believed sharpening chisels to 4000 grit was more than adequate for most purposes.
The term is what the Adirondack guides used to call the wealthy gentlemen who came for a week's "roughing it". They called them "the sports". There is definitely a group of woodworking sharpening sports. They insist on every chisel being sharpened at least through the Shapton 30,000 stone, even if the chisel is used with framing lumber. (I can laugh because I have leanings this way.)
Interesting discussion.
Ken