On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:13:16 GMT, "CW" wrote:

People have told me that I have a rather unusual technique. I sharpen by
hand and hold the stone in one hand and the blade in the other. The blade is
stationary and I move the stone.

How big a stone ? I know lots of people (especially carvers) who do
this, but they use small slip stones (or else broken stones), not bench
stones.

This is the way I work on swords too, except I'm holding the blade down
with my foot and a clamp.