GOOD ARTICLE ON SHARPENING AND STEELS

Thanks for the post, Bob.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Bob A nice article. I use some of it. I wish he has stated how to clean a ceramic stone. Soap and water doesn’t do it.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Karson, di you try and overnight soak in Coke? It conatians carbonic acid as to otehr soft dirnks and will eat up iron if present. Some of the blended steels could be more resisitant. Ther used to be a product called Navel Jelly that removed rust.

If just the surfaces have become loaded try some Comet or Bon Ami on a 3M pad.
Flour of pumice is also a good fine abrasive.

Can I ask why you are using ceramic stones?

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I pick up a mid grit and a find grit in one of my forays into sharpening. I don’t use them much. I now use my sharpening station that I built.

My sharpening station

I was just wanting to clean them off.

Bob I also use this Diamond FIlm on marble tiles and the strips.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Good post Bob

Lee

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Thanks for the URL!

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark

Thanks Bob

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Thanks a lot, you provide somr good solid information

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Thanks Bob; great article.

-- Chris

Thanks Bob.

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