My 2nd carve and a new toy. Updated and finished - Tiki Carving

S SDshirtman Member San Diego, CA Joined: Sep 19, 2009 Posts: 71	S SDshirtman Posted posted on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 11:32 AM Again thanks for all the encouragement from everyone. Kino- Yes the log was pretty wet. Like a broom crossed with mushroom. Also - The scary sharp method basically uses sandpaper glued to a large piece of flat plate glass in place of sharpening stones. In conjunction with a cheap clamp on honing guide you start out using course 120 then 220 to shape and flatten Then: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 wetsand grits. You can finish with a leather strop. Its a reasonably cheap way to an extremely sharp edge on a cutting tool. If you search around the net there are lots of guides, some longer then others. Here is a link to one of them that explains it in detail. http://primeshop.com/access/woodwork/scarysharp/ If you try it post your results.

Again thanks for all the encouragement from everyone.

Kino- Yes the log was pretty wet. Like a broom crossed with mushroom.

Also - The scary sharp method basically uses sandpaper glued to a large piece of flat plate glass in place of sharpening stones. In conjunction with a cheap clamp on honing guide you start out using course 120 then 220 to shape and flatten Then: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 wetsand grits. You can finish with a leather strop. Its a reasonably cheap way to an extremely sharp edge on a cutting tool. If you search around the net there are lots of guides, some longer then others.

Here is a link to one of them that explains it in detail. http://primeshop.com/access/woodwork/scarysharp/

If you try it post your results.

Post #498549 by SDshirtman on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 11:32 AM