Sharpening a chisel ensures a safe tool and one that gives you great results. I use a tried and true method that is at least a couple of hundred years old. The BEST video on no BS sharpening • Sharpening a chisel
I thaught neatsfoot oil was used in the past mainly to float off the particles of steel? Great action though, I like the second bevel which people do not often use
Proof that sharpening doesn't have to be complicated. I've tried diamond stones and 3M film on glass, both viable methods. However I've gone back to my washita and leather strop, fast and efficient.
Hi Hassan. The proper Washita stones are probably the best day-to-day stones out there. My vintage stone was £25 and it's a dream. The only reason I don't actively recommend it is because people might feel they must have one. Thanks for your feedback.
Prime example of how sharp tools don't have to be to work, and work well. I've gotten chisels sharp enough to shave with using soft and hard Arkansas stones, and even better after I learned about stropping. BUT, Rob Cosman's 32 second method is still great, and I would argue worth the effort and expense for many jobs. A jack plane doesn't need to be razor sharp, but sharper is better for a smoothing plane. Unless you plan to sand. Then, too, it seems logical that even a jack that starts at 16000 grit will take a bit longer to break down to 500, so you could go a little longer between sharpening. (A little.)
Hi Mike, thanks for commenting and sharing your experience. There are so many approaches to getting an edge. As long as we get the edge we're looking for then we're sorted. As an aside a chap with a microscope posted pictures of an edge finished with Autosol. It was a much clearer edge than an 8000grit water stone!
@@faceedgewoodworking I'll have to look for some Autosol. I don't do a ton of carving, but usually stropping is all I do to carving knives, and they cut well. Then again, the green compound works.
I'll be honest, I don't know the exact angle mine are. But, anecdotally, if you have to sharpen near 35 or more the chisel is junk. 30 to 35 degrees is the sweet spot.
Here in California. I use Mothers Chome Polish. If it can polish a chome wheel with leaving scratch marks I figured it would work for stopping, works great.
