Yes, I have seen it, and at the risk of seeming flippant, I wonder if anyone can
actually read this tutorial, and then walk over to the bench and correctly
sharpen a vee tool?

I made a jig to hold my vee tool in the correct position while I rub it on the
stones. This works, and anyone could do it. Freehand is almost impossible
without a lot of practice.

The di
On Nov 22, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Adrian Jones  wrote:

> Have you seen this tutorial?  Seems to cover it all:
> 
> http://www.bob-easton.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2011/04/SelectingAndSharpe">http://www.bob-easton.com/blog/wp-
content/uploads/2011/04/SelectingAndSharpe
> ningYourVtool.pdf
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Thompson [mailto:jdthompsonca@s...]">mailto:jdthompsonca@s...]
> Sent: Saturday, 22 November, 2014 10:48 AM
> To: Michael Blair
> Cc: Adrian Jones; oldtools List
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] First attempt at carving
> 
> I know how popular basswood is for carving, but I never liked it. It is just
> a dead mud brown with no character.  I prefer to carve hardwoods. This
> requires VERY sharp tools.
> 
> It took me a while to learn to sharpen my carving tools, and the most
> difficult one to learn to sharpen is the vee tool. But it can be done. I
> think I would like to write a little tutorial about it. I have read a lot of
> said tutorials, but none really unlocked the door. I gotta think on that. It
> is obviously not an easy thing to learn, and certainly not easy to teach, or
> everyone would already know how.
> 
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