Since I was a kid, I'd sharpen a handplane's iron just by sight, using the ordinary double-sided gray rectangular sharpening brick (rough one side, rougher on the other). I would do it by dripping some sewing machine oil on it, then run the iron's bevel at an angle which, I would hope, the bevel is flat on the brick. I would do this for several minutes first on the coarse side of the brick then on the finer side. Then, I would turn the iron over (bevel up) and run it on the fine side of the brick with the iron at a very small angle, almost horizontal.
Now, I don't know if what I've been doing is right so my series of questions:
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Re: How to sharpen handplane iron?
You can build your own honing jig. And there's already a thread about it:
Re: How to sharpen handplane iron?
You can build your own honing jig. And there's already a thread about it:
Yes. Saw that thread, too. Thanks for mentioning it.
I'm also interested on what sharpening stone/brick people use, technique, and lubricant.
Re: How to sharpen handplane iron?
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Hi there balarila, roughly...
- Sharpening by sight / freehand or jig is a matter of preference. Some love jigs, some don't because of the setup.
- None locally. still the Veritas MKII. Only timber has it. The rest of the jig users here at phm use assorted jigs with rollers.
- Double sided gray artificial stones can get your blade sharpened but you can go beyond that level of sharpness with finer grit stones 2000 and above.
- Water for waterstones. Oil for oilstones 🙂
