Comments on: Its Just Cool: Custom Knife Sharpener http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/19/its-just-cool-custom-knife-sharpener/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ashok Khosla http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/19/its-just-cool-custom-knife-sharpener/#comment-322804 Ashok Khosla Mon, 19 May 2008 21:07:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/19/its-just-cool-custom-knife-sharpener/#comment-322804 About fifteen years ago I started learning how to carve, and learned how to sharpen using japanese wetstones (expensive!) Then about ten years ago I watched my mexican carpenter sharpen chisels using sandpaper. Then about five years ago, on assignment in India I had a carpenter who built me an office desk out of teak. I watched him sharpen his chisels one day - basically what he would do is look around in the dirt for some quartz-ish like sand, distribute it on a textured piece of wood that would hold the sand, and go at it. Seemed to produce a fairly good finish (not polished, but sharp)... Since then, I have a hard time justifying $50 diamond whetstones! After watching that About fifteen years ago I started learning how to carve, and learned how to sharpen using japanese wetstones (expensive!)

Then about ten years ago I watched my mexican carpenter sharpen chisels using sandpaper.

Then about five years ago, on assignment in India I had a carpenter who built me an office desk out of teak. I watched him sharpen his chisels one day - basically what he would do is look around in the dirt for some quartz-ish like sand, distribute it on a textured piece of wood that would hold the sand, and go at it. Seemed to produce a fairly good finish (not polished, but sharp)…

Since then, I have a hard time justifying $50 diamond whetstones!

After watching that

]]> By: Brad Huffman http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/19/its-just-cool-custom-knife-sharpener/#comment-322665 Brad Huffman Mon, 19 May 2008 17:48:43 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/05/19/its-just-cool-custom-knife-sharpener/#comment-322665 Very nice. Ohh... and that's a big freaking knife. Very nice. Ohh… and that’s a big freaking knife.

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