Is this chisel doomed? - Tiki Carving

H harro Member Australia Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 686	H harro Posted posted on 11/30/2007 Hi guys, Long story short... I threw a few chisels in my backpack and now I want to do some carving. Picked this one up second hand a while ago and never got around to fixing it... but now I want to use it but dont have a grinding wheel as I'm about 5000 miles from the rest of my tools (do have an angle grinder though). Don't know the brand but it says "Swiss Made 1-12" and the original price was $46 so I'm pretty sure it's a decent hunk of steel. any tips to what I can do to save this chisel? I plan to use Ben's method of sandpaper on a clipboard to sharpen my other chisels and gouges but I suspect that won't help this one before it gets some decent grinding done first? Cheers, Harro.

Hi guys,
Long story short... I threw a few chisels in my backpack and now I want to do some carving. Picked this one up second hand a while ago and never got around to fixing it... but now I want to use it but dont have a grinding wheel as I'm about 5000 miles from the rest of my tools (do have an angle grinder though).
Don't know the brand but it says "Swiss Made 1-12" and the original price was $46 so I'm pretty sure it's a decent hunk of steel.

any tips to what I can do to save this chisel?
I plan to use Ben's method of sandpaper on a clipboard to sharpen my other chisels and gouges but I suspect that won't help this one before it gets some decent grinding done first?

Cheers,
Harro.

Post #346976 by harro on 11/30/2007