How to Sharpen Whittling and Carving Knives | How to Whittle | How to Sharpen knives for carving 

Thank you! 😊 really appreciate it 👍

You’re welcome! 😊 Glad the video helped 😊

I’ve done the same as you and made leather covers, I keep them all in a big leather roll I’ve made as well so they’re all kept together 😊👍

Glad you liked the video! 😁👍 if I remember right (I’ve had them for quite a few years now) the brand was Naniwa. The whetstones at the time were cheaper to purchase through a culinary website, I ordered mine from a Japanese culinary knife website, the same stones were more expensive through woodworking websites for some reason 😂 I’ve had my current set for about a decade now so they’re worth the investment if they’re looked after 😊 Hope that infos useful for you buddy, happy carvings 😊👍👍

Thanks for the support! 😃👍 really appreciate it. Yeh I made it myself, a friend gifted me some shed antlers so I thought I’d put them to use 😊

How does the antler handle? Never used it but would assume it’s not as comfortable as wood?

@@theweefree3946it’s actually more comfortable because of the curve, I’ve used tonnes of different knives and I’ve got quite a lot of different brands to use but the deer antler is honestly the most comfortable so it’s my go to whittling knife 😊

Glad I could help! 😊 Those stones are perfect, you’ve a really good balance of grits there so the knife should sharpen up a treat 😊

@@lpdesignwoodwork nice! Thanks for taking the time to answer. I would refer to the video again when the stones arrives, wish me luck!

I should have mentioned in the video, I don’t keep them in water indefinitely, I soak them for about an hour before I use them but I don’t leave them in the water permanently 😊👍

Hi Ernie! I did indeed make it 😊 The blade and the antlers were given to me by a friend, I’m not sure which make it is, it was a bit rusted and worn until I cleaned it up but I ground it down abit as well so it had a thinner profile, hope that helps! 😊👍

Thanks for the information and taking the time to reply it is much appreciated.

It’s on the grinder for a couple of seconds, if that, if you have the tool on the grinder long enough to start heating the metal your doing it wrong and you risk ruining the blade completely.

Remember it’s about removing micro millimetre imperfections in the blade, which takes a split second, not reshaping it and holding it to the grinder long enough to over heat the blade

That one was from a company called focuser carving 😊

@@lpdesignwoodwork Thanks for the reply, I’ll look into it

Once or twice 😂 I’ve been carving for a very long time so I’ve cut myself here and there but I can’t remember the last time I did to be honest (probably just jinxed myself!) It sounds silly but anytime I ever got a cut in the past it was because I was holding the carving at an awkward angle knowing it was dangerous and I could cut myself and lo and behold you do 😂

@@lpdesignwoodwork I slipped with my brand new ultra sharp long knife last week. Avoided the tendon somehow 🤷 3 stitches and omg so much pain. Tbh now I feel like a wally 😂 I'm a newbie carver prob trying something too advanced but hey, that's how I learn!!

@@rachthegardeneroh my gosh I hope you’re ok! Best thing to do is just heal up and don’t let it put you off carving, the more experience you have the more of an intuition you get when carving with what’s comfortable and safe. I would recommend a much shorter blade for carving as well, the longer knife I sharpen in the video I only ever use for spoons and bowls because it’s too big for intricate whittling. I’ll definitely do a video really soon on safety tips for beginners too. Hope you feel better! 😊😊👍

@@lpdesignwoodwork safety tips wd be good! I'd literally just taken off my glove to check out the smoothness of the wood! Thinking wraps as well just in case!!