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CW wrote:

Silicon carbide stones do a great job on axes and shovels. Don't really do
much woodworking, do you?

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CW wrote:
BTW, my oilstones are made from silicon carbide--harder than
alundum.

Not sure what your point is about axes and shovels.

I mostly use waterstones for planes and chisels. The coarse
or fine carborundum stones are good for grinding or repairing
the bezel, much as one would use a file on a nicked axe.

Never sharpened a shovel, have you and why?

I don't do as much woodworking as I'd like to.

I've got hard packed clay soil and YES, I've sharpened the end of my
shovels. The neighbors get ****ed off when I set of dynamite to make a
hole for my roses.

Dave