How To Sharpen A Spoon Carving Hook Knife
You need two things both shown in the video below.
How to sharpen a spoon carving hook knife. Ben Orford shows you how to create your own DIY sharpening sticks and how to sharpen as well as maintain your spoon or crook knives. I charged the finest grit 1000 with white buffing compound. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.
How to sharpen a hook knife for spooncarving. If your carving blade is three quarters of and inch in width or more lay your blade flat on the sharpening surface and raise the spine of the blade until you can fit the edge of a nickel under it. Robin Wood demonstrates how to sharpen his open curve spoon carving knifeThese knives are available here httpswood-toolscouktoolsspoon-knife-right-ha.
How to Sharpen a Hook Knife or Spoon Carving Knife Woodworking - YouTube. First you can lay the blade close to the flat. What angle do you sharpen a carving knife.
A very quick post showing a technique for keeping your trusty hook knife in good sharp working order. Lay your hook knife flat against a sanding stone or sandpaper tipping it forward until the bevel only just touches the stone. All you need is a dowel sandpaper and strops.
To sharpen the hook knife I spray glued 6 long strips of sandpaper to 12 dowels. I often get asked how to sharpen a hook knife for spooncarving so have had a video made. With these you can sharpen your hook knives in 3 easy steps.
The first is a flat strop good quality leather glued to a flat board. There are three ways on how to sharpen spoon carving knives using stones and you can try and use whichever will work best for you. If it is less than three quarters of an inch use a dime.
