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Sharpening stones

Questions on sharpening stones

Dear Mr. Sellers I am about to work my way through your course, I want to start with sharpening. I recently discovered that my new chisels, although of good quality, needed to be lapped. I turned to my Norton water stones, only to discovered that they needed to be flattened.

Questions Answered - Diamond sharpening plates

Q Hi Paul I had a question on sharping for you. I want to buy diamond stones and know you recommend them over Japanese water stones but which ones do I buy? There are several out there to choose from, DMT, EZE Lap? And what about grits too? JL A

Questions answered - "Pre" conditioning diamond plates

Hi Paul, I've been working my way through your book and have been enjoying it immensely. In regards to your diamond stones, is there any "pre" conditioning that needs to be done before using them? I've read other reviews that stated they "rubbed&

A question - setting up diamond sharpening plates?

Q: Paul, I bought three DMT sharpening stone last weekend at the show in New Jersey, and they arrived in the mail this week. Now I want to fasten them to a board as you have done. Did you create wells for each stone and then fasten them with glue?

Flat stone hollow stone clarity

Nothing I wrote is confusing, but the interpretation of others is or at least can be. If you need a a convex bevel on a plane or chisel iron you can use either flat or hollow stones and both give pristine results (but very obviously you cannot use a hollowed

Sharpening on hollow stones

Sharpening on hollow stones

Someone emailed me as a result of my earlier post and said that if a stone hollowed through constant sharpening of the bevel of a tool’s cutting edge, how do you then hone the reverse flat side of the tool blade without creating a round face on what must