What/Who is Scary Sharp

[Chris]

Hi

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Tia
Chris

 

[Peter Ashby]

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So the advantage of this method compared to 'normal' oilstone sharpening is
what exactly? The wet & dry paper is used with water, with oil, or dry?

I use it dry, though you can use water. The advantages are several,
firstly you get a wide range of grits for very little money, using a
glass backer removes the need to flatten a stone periodically, wide
plane blades can be honed with long figure eight strokes and finally,
compared to a wheel there is no chance of overheating the blade unless
you are superman.

Disadvantages: grinding, for eg removing a nick, takes a while. However
I have made two skew chisels from straights (2 cherries) using scary
sharp.

Peter

 

[Phil Addison]

Hi

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Re: What/Who is Scary Sharp

See FAQ page http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/sharptools.html. It has a pointer
to the Scary Sharp page.