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These notes are what I learned from taking a class at John Cameron's shop. When I was flattening the bottom of chisels and a plane, the surface could not achieve a mirror like shine. The old scratches were still visible. When John was trying it, he got the surface shiny. After about 3 hours of trying and failing, he helped me figure out why. --- The stones need to be frequently flattened. A 150 grit sand paper is placed over glass, sprayed with water. You make stripe marks on the stone surface with a pencil, then sand that surface on sandpaper until all pencil marks are gone.
--- Use 220 grit stone only when the blade-to-be-sharpened is very chewed. The very course stone can put on deep marks on the blade. --- Use stone grit 1000 --> 4000--> 8000. --- Use wet newspaper under the stone to keep it from sliding. Non-slip mats are too thick, they cause the stone to rock too much. --- Put a lot of pressure with fingers only on the tip portion of the blade. Keep the blade flat on the stone. --- A stool is needed if the sharpening person is short. The body pressure applied helps push down the blade onto stone. --- Use the whole stone or move the blade everywhere on the stone surface, so the stone does not dish down much. --- Be patient. Comments are closed.
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