Comments on: How to sharpen a knife or ax http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/ Play challenging online games, laugh at funny jokes, build amazing projects and find lots of fun at the online home of Boys' Life, the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sailingpj http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-157479 sailingpj Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:57:25 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-157479 Sharpen it until it is as sharp as you want it. Differences between people, metals, and stones all contribute to differences in how fast a knife gets sharp, and how sharp it gets. What you consider sharp or dull may be different from what I consider sharp and dull. Sharpen it until it is as sharp as you want it. Differences between people, metals, and stones all contribute to differences in how fast a knife gets sharp, and how sharp it gets. What you consider sharp or dull may be different from what I consider sharp and dull.

]]> By: sailingpj http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-157477 sailingpj Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:54:26 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-157477 Sharpen it when it starts getting dull. You should be able to feel it. Sharpen it when it starts getting dull. You should be able to feel it.

]]> By: Sniggs http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-155713 Sniggs Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:13:05 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-155713 This ax sharpening makes me glad I learned it differently. I agree with burrito about the burr. Try to count the stroke on the first side then repeat on the other. This will give you a good base. You will begin to be able to feel the burr once you have done this a few times. After I finish with the file, I move on to an "ax stone" with some honing oil on it. This will give it a nice touch and it has two sides with diffrent grits to make it even sharper. Lastly, I have been known to use my ax on a barber strop to make it hair splitting. Remember that a sharp axe is a safe axe. This ax sharpening makes me glad I learned it differently. I agree with burrito about the burr. Try to count the stroke on the first side then repeat on the other. This will give you a good base. You will begin to be able to feel the burr once you have done this a few times. After I finish with the file, I move on to an “ax stone” with some honing oil on it. This will give it a nice touch and it has two sides with diffrent grits to make it even sharper. Lastly, I have been known to use my ax on a barber strop to make it hair splitting.

Remember that a sharp axe is a safe axe.

]]> By: tonycee http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-148384 tonycee Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:16:18 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-148384 I found the video very helpful,thanks. I found the video very helpful,thanks.

]]> By: Aradern http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-133477 Aradern Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:24:47 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-133477 In the knife sharpening video, the angle is actually 23 degrees, not 30. You should also sharpen each side of the blade the same number of times. NEVER sharpen serration on a whetstone. In the knife sharpening video, the angle is actually 23 degrees, not 30. You should also sharpen each side of the blade the same number of times. NEVER sharpen serration on a whetstone.

]]> By: halo snipe http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-131589 halo snipe Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:31:50 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-131589 where can i find a whetstone? where can i find a whetstone?

]]> By: deagle http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-130451 deagle Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:32:15 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-130451 nice man:-) nice man:-)

]]> By: lonhorn_fan8 http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-105435 lonhorn_fan8 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:12:30 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-105435 did not understand the knife sharpening did not understand the knife sharpening

]]> By: red http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-103914 red Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:07:46 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-103914 i also agree with burrito about the burr on the axe i also agree with burrito about the burr on the axe

]]> By: z.w. http://boyslife.org/home/video/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/comment-page-1/#comment-101226 z.w. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:14:47 +0000 http://www.boyslife.org/about-scouts/large-width/2247/how-to-sharpen-a-knife-or-ax/#comment-101226 Seems very simple. Seems very simple.

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