Thread: Is this adequate for sharpening

Welcome to the Forum, Jay. I suggest that you do exactly as Chief Tiff says. Sharp is a moving target - you think something is sharp, then you find you can do better, often a lot better.

When you feel that you are not improving with the sandpaper method - often called "scary sharp" - then I suggest that you read up on and extend to the "unicorn method". But not yet; keep things simple.

Then in a year's time you should be pretty good at sharpening and start to worry about the cost of sandpaper - then you will probably move on.

Hi all,

Finally got the system working last night - lockdown has locked delays in shipping etc.

Big thanks to Surry Hills Glass for cutting me some custom pieces of glass - three pieces so I can have three different grits on the table at once. I was able to flatten & regrind the bevels on some heavily worn chisels & sharpen my new plane iron for my No4.

After sharpening at 600, 1200 & 2000 grits followed by a strop, I've been getting silky smooth shavings now and it easily passes the arm-hair test.

Thanks to everyone in this thread. Really helpful