Re: Corner chisel sharpening

On Jan 30, 6:23 pm, Gordon Shumway <Rho...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just got my Sorby 3/8 corner chisel delivered today and I need to
hone it before I use it. I have used the scary sharp method on my
other straight chisels and have excellent results.

With the corner chisel I can't figure how to hone the bevel side
accurately. Does anyone have advise for me? Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
G.S.

Slips (oil stone) -- India followed by soft Arkansas would give
you a good, fast edge. If you're using the chisel for squaring
mortises, no need to go finer.

No slips? Ceramic 32 pin or larger DIP ICs from 1980s vintage
computers work very nicely as hones, comparable to white hard
Arkansas.

Honing that chisel is the easy part. Grinding the bevel is what
takes steady nerves.


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