How To Sharpen A Spoon Carving Knife
If it is less than three quarters of an inch use a dime.
How to sharpen a spoon carving knife. How to sharpen a hook knife for spooncarving. There are three ways on how to sharpen spoon carving knives using stones and you can try and use whichever will work best for you. Tom Bartlett guest sharpener and full-time green woodworker taught us how to carve a spoon using an axe a knife and a hook knife.
In this way the cut out fits exactly the curved knife. To sharpen the hook knife I spray glued 6 long strips of sandpaper to 12 dowels. If youre wondering how to sharpen a hook knife all you need to do is follow the steps below.
You need two things both shown in. Hope you find it useful. Just cut a piece with the curved knife out of a block of balsa great enough to keep it in my left hand while sharpening.
Much like traditionally-designed Swedish tools this carving knife is a durable well-made tool ideal for spoon carving whittling marking and general woodworking and handicrafts. Then keep it that way by frequently stropping andor honing. Its versatility allows you to use it for a wide range of wood carving projects from detail work to roughing.
This itself may completely remove your honed and razor sharp cutting edge to the point that you will have to regrind the entire knife edge. With a new video each week therell always be something new to learn and practice. Its good blade hygiene to start razor sharp.
To strop you follow the curve in the wood with the bevel of the knife. How to Sharpen a Hook Knife or Spoon Carving Knife Woodworking - YouTube. I often get asked how to sharpen a hook knife for spooncarving so have had a video made.