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262446 <gtgrouch@r...> 2017‑06‑08 Re: Sharpening the common garden hoe
File the inside edge to a relatively flat and even edge.

Just like your shovel.

Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA
---- Kirk Eppler  wrote: 

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On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:27 AM, John M Johnston (jmjhnstn) <
jmjhnstn@m...> wrote:

> Should it be sharpened with a double bevel or a single bevel?


Single bevel, with the edge away from me kept flat for registering against
the edge for better cutting.  Mirror finish on the back not required.





-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA
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