Shapenning secateur’s (pruners)
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Welcome to the Forum, Needhelp. I have not. It’s hard to tell from the file you attached the actual size of the blade or thickness. I can say if you can clamp that blade in a Wicked Edge System vice, securely, in a symmetrical arc, balanced from side to side, I don’t see why you couldn’t put an edge on it. It appears as a regular curved shaped blade and the beveled edge doesn’t appear different than any other blade. It doesn’t look too difficult from what I can see. There certainly appears to be a large enough flat spot to get a secure purchase on the blade in order to sharpen it.
I would attempt to clamp it centered so it is symmetrical on either side, as high up as possible while still clamping the blade flat area securely so it doesn’t move in the vice while sharpening it.
Marc
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I agree with Marc. There doesn’t seem to be any reason why this blade wouldn’t work with any of the WE configurations. Marc mentions clamping the blade as high as possible. This would depend a bit on the desired angle. Mounting high is suggested to minimize the variation in angle while working such a short-radius circular blade, but I’m not sure that it’s really necessary. Any blade with a circular edge, like an ulu, should be clamped with the centerline of the circle vertical and centered in the vise. This distributes any angular variation equally from heel to tip.
I’ll be interested to know what the factory bevel angle is.
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