Comments on: Making a Skew Rabbet Plane http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/01/making-a-skew-rabbet-plane/ Timeless Tools, Speculation, Husbandry, Making hand tools. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: BobStrawn http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/01/making-a-skew-rabbet-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-846 BobStrawn Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:13:50 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=377#comment-846 I will go ahead and finish some posts on sharpening and put them up. Japanese grit numbers are a bit different than American grit numbers. Probably 1000 would do, 6000 would definitely do. A good Japanese stone will produce a slurry that consists of water, swarf and grit. The swarf is ground off steel. If you use a light touch, the slurry can produce a keener edge than the grit by itself is able too. The grit in the slurry breaks down and as it fractures it can produce fresh sharp finer grit. So using a light touch and manage the stone surface well can optimize your finish. If you bear down, then the grit of the stone will be the limit of what you can get from it. If you wear the stone unevenly, or do not resurface it regularly, you can also reduce the edge quality that it can produce. Bob I will go ahead and finish some posts on sharpening and put them up. Japanese grit numbers are a bit different than American grit numbers. Probably 1000 would do, 6000 would definitely do.

A good Japanese stone will produce a slurry that consists of water, swarf and grit. The swarf is ground off steel. If you use a light touch, the slurry can produce a keener edge than the grit by itself is able too. The grit in the slurry breaks down and as it fractures it can produce fresh sharp finer grit. So using a light touch and manage the stone surface well can optimize your finish. If you bear down, then the grit of the stone will be the limit of what you can get from it. If you wear the stone unevenly, or do not resurface it regularly, you can also reduce the edge quality that it can produce.

Bob

]]> By: John http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/01/making-a-skew-rabbet-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-843 John Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:10:29 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=377#comment-843 My comment is more of a question here. As far as knife sharpening goes, what grit/micron should I end up with while honing a blade before using the leather strop? I am looking at some Japanese water stones. What is your advice for using them to hone with? John My comment is more of a question here. As far as knife sharpening goes, what grit/micron should I end up with while honing a blade before using the leather strop? I am looking at some Japanese water stones. What is your advice for using them to hone with?

John

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