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#1 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
 

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#2 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Wow, I wonder why I've been using my pocket knife for so many years when there was this doo-dad!

Cool Tool!
 

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#3 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Smitty, impertinant question..
Is it a Stanley ?

;-)
 

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#4 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
It doesn't fit in the pocket, so that is a drawback. :) I typically use a drywall knive to sharpen when out I'm out and about, but I'm not very good at that either although I get by.

You clearly need this, Dallas, and if you ever run across one, it's likely the seller won't know what it is. Which is fun!
 

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#5 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
I want one bad.
 

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#6 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Yup Smitty, I'm a sucker for tools. It's getting so bad I let my wife sell off about 30 old sawsets that were in a box I hadn't looked at in years.
 

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#7 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Dallas - Holy crap, 30 sawsets?? I hope I don't accumulte that number of saws! You ' da Man! :)

Al, it makes me want to use more pencils! <grin>
 

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#8 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Now that is a cool tool! The character it has is wonderful. Another great save and refurbish. Thanks for sharing Smitty.
 

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#9 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
i've heard of them, but never really seen one. Cool find.
 

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#10 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Thanks, Super! The only thing refurb'd, to the casual observer, is the edge of the iron. The backside and frog work is invisible. That said, I hesitated before flattening the frog, but then decided 'heck, it's mine, I'll do what I want because it ain't for sale…' Not like it's a museum piece, right? And I want full contact of iron to frog. :)
 

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#11 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Don, maybe there's one waiting for you to find in Ohio… You can do it! :)
 

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#12 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…



Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.





So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.



With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.







It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.



Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Glen - if I can find a Stanley iron to fit, it will be! :)
 

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#13 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
cool do-da-dingy-thing or as we say dinge-not (long o)
thanks for sharing how it supose to work … :)
never seen them before but wuold be great to have one in the toolbox
on a worksite out of shop instead of using the stanley knife all the time as everyone ells does :)

Dennis
 

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#14 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Sharpe
 

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#15 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Dennis - I bet you could make one… ;-)
 

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#16 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Love it!
It makes me smile.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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#17 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
ha ha not a chance without my old old garageshop for iron work and car repair
but thanks for the confidence :)

Smitty did you ever made the second blog about the motorriced workcenter
or are we still on holding the breath

Dennis
 

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#18 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Smitty, if I had seen that I would have bought it too. Have you considered the possibility that it isn't a pencil sharpener? Patrick Leach might have made it up? Maybe he was sitting there one day, picked up a funny shaped object and thought, "How the hell am I going to shift this? I know, I'll tell the tool junkies its a pencil sharpener" You never know. I mean, it just seems total overkill, when you can use a pocket knife and get better results. :)

I love old tools like this though because they come from a time when people were patenting the most ridiculous inventions and they're just so damn cool even if they don't work particularly well. So many inventions were not really thought through properly were they. :)

Thanks for sharing it though. V. cool.
 

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#19 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
i'd be afraid of catching an arm on it when it's mounted to a workbench.
 

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#20 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
A second data point... My exact sharpener is on the site, down a ways….

If it were a ribbon cutter, it could feed between the cuttin iron and base. Bet the ribbbon would have to br re-inserted for each cut. Bean cutter just seems silly. :). But way cool!
 

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#21 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Bent- this one is clamped to a shelf in back of the bench so I wont do just that. :)
 

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#22 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
What a great site that is Smitty. I would love to own the first two. Well done for finding that.

When I saw it at first, I asked myself what else it could be if it wasn't a pencil sharpener and I wondered whether it was a device used by florists, to pull ribbon across to make it curl.
 

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#23 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
Cool sharpener Smitty, I like all the ornamentation on it.
 

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#24 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
until i find one like yours.

Wood Wood stain Natural material Gas Hardwood
 

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#25 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
^:)
 

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#26 ·
This, My Friends, Is a Pencil Sharpener!

EDIT: Resurrected from Photo(scum)Bucket Hell, Feb 2018. Smitty

Picked this up at an estate sale, and only knew what it was because P. Leach had one in a Tool List some months ago. Yeah, I wanted the one he had, but just couldn't pull the trigger. This one was more affordable…

Gesture Finger Religious item Thumb Artifact


Consider this style of sharpening an evolutionary dead end. At the time this was available, the other prevalent style of sharpeners were thimble-like devices with wings, that were turned. This is mounted to the edge of a table and the pencil is drawn across the iron. Not this one, though, 'cause the iron is jagged and quite dull. So out came the DMTs.

Old habits die hard; I wanted a flat back to the iron and that wasn't as easy done as said.

Flooring Wood Floor Tints and shades Composite material


Wood Finger Household hardware Automotive exterior Thumb


So I moved the stone to the edge of my bench hook to get better alignment of thumb and fingers.

Wood Hardwood Outdoor shoe Flooring Metal


With the back honed and flat all the way in, up to about 1/4" from the edge, all was right with the world. I'm confident the iron will not get more use than that in several lifetimes… I held the iron very low to the DMT to get a primary bevel on the face of the iron, the did just a bit of polishing with strop as final cleanup. There was lots of back and forth at this point, and I didn't take pictures. I did stop before getting it to my best level of sharpening… too small to hold, and it's only sharpening pencils, for goodness sake. That, and I'm certain someone will run their thumb across the blade to 'see if it's sharp…'

Anyway, another old habit. I simply had to flatten the 'frog' before setting the iron in place and giving it a try.

Wood Finger Thumb Gas Household hardware


Wood Finger Creative arts Thumb Art


Wood Motor vehicle Gas Steering wheel Auto part


It'll take some practice, like all good toolwork, but not bad for a shop pencil! Okay, it's pretty bad.

Wood Gas Desk Office equipment Office supplies


Love the new toy! Thanks for looking.
That's incredible, and probably over 100 years old! In the vein of…."What's old is new again", please search for the video by Adam Savage, reviewing a circle marking jig called the Iris. The company that makes it also sends him a novel little actual PENCIL PLANE called the Hovel…...and I want one BAD! Perhaps I will search the rest of my natural life for an example of the antique one that I did not know existed before seeing your entry…..thanks….lol!
 

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