How To Sharpen A Spoon Carving Hook Knife
I often get asked how to sharpen a hook knife for spooncarving so have had a video made.
How to sharpen a spoon carving hook knife. A very quick post showing a technique for keeping your trusty hook knife in good sharp working order. How to Sharpen a Hook Knife or Spoon Carving Knife Woodworking - YouTube. Lay your hook knife flat against a sanding stone or sandpaper tipping it forward until the bevel only just touches the stone.
If your carving blade is three quarters of and inch in width or more lay your blade flat on the sharpening surface and raise the spine of the blade until you can fit the edge of a nickel under it. With these you can sharpen your hook knives in 3 easy steps. For a full list of pr.
How to Sharpen a Hook Knife or Spoon Carving Knife Woodworking RIGHT HANDED. A quick way around this is to just sharpen the flat side of the blade however if you are unfamiliar with sharpening but want a double edge blade on your hook knife then I suggest checking out the Mora 162 below. All you need is a dowel sandpaper and strops.
If youre wondering how to sharpen a hook knife all you need to do is follow the steps below. Ben Orford shows you how to create your own DIY sharpening sticks and how to sharpen as well as maintain your spoon or crook knives. Order right handed if you draw or PULL the knife towards your body with your RIGHT hand or PUSH away from your body with the LEFT hand to carve.
Its good blade hygiene to start razor sharp. Hope you find it useful. I charged the finest grit 1000 with white buffing compound.
It uses cheap simple tools including something that may surprise you for the inside of the hook. You need two things both shown in the video below. The first is a flat strop good quality leather glued to a flat board.