Last week, Roy built a wooden vise specifically for sharpening hand saws. Mildly interesting. OK, I found it very interesting.
This past Saturday was entitled: “Sharpen That Saw” He puts to use the saw vise from the week before.
It can be seen at. http://video.pbs.org/video/2365021491/
Again, it’s not about knives, but the illustration of how and why something is sharp is stimulating. The difference between cutting with the grain and across the grain and how & why that changes sharpening is well illustrated, in a cheesy sort of way.
At one point Roy says a word and there was simply nothing in my accessible memory that connected. It was as if he had made up a nonsense syllable. After some research on Google it still took me a few more rewinds and turning up the volume before I heard and began to understand fleam.
If you have that fascination for all things sharp and you might enjoy these episodes.
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For Now,
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"Everyday edge for the bevel headed"
"Things work out best for those who make the best out of the way things work out."
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