With respect

On 2014-04-24 09:39, Dwight Beebe wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:53 AM, paul womack 
>   wrote:
>
> snipa, snipa
>
> So in this view, a convex bevel is a (undesired) side effect of double
>> bevel sharpening.
>>
>>    BugBear
>>
>
> Gracious Galoots,
>
>>From what I've seen, Mr. Sellers purposefully creates a convex bevel, that
> is, no primary or secondary bevel is ground or honed.  Sharpening is

I think Mr Bear was talking about commonly found convex bevels, not 
deliberately produced convex bevels.

I agree with him that most often people simply increased the honing 
angle each time in an effort to avoid grinding. In some cases, this may 
have almost been a necessity - electric powered grinders were not common 
in British woodworking shops as late as the 1940s according to one book 
I read. I assume this is because electricity was not common in those shops.

> I don't have a dog in this fight.  I enjoy hearing how others approach
> their work and prepare their tools for woodworking.   Please let us not

A sharpening system in which the finest abrasives are deliberately used 
away from the edge and coarse abrasives are deliberately used at the 
edge is certainly interesting.

As I recall, he also claims he never grinds. Working the bevel (if you 
can call a convex shape a bevel) away from the edge is what I call 
grinding. Since every stroke he takes works the bevel away from the 
edge, by that definition he spends almost all of every stroke grinding. 
But that is just the terminology I use.

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada