Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honing chisels?
 

The DMT stones are incredibly expensive, so I thought, why not use a
sheet of, say, 600 grit wet-or-dry - with soap and water - on a plate
glass sheet?

MM

Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honing chisels?
 

"MM" wrote in message
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The DMT stones are incredibly expensive, so I thought, why not use a
sheet of, say, 600 grit wet-or-dry - with soap and water - on a plate
glass sheet?

MM

Or why not use grinding paste on a plate glass sheet?
Or a bit of Vim/Cream cleaner/Tcut etc?

Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honing chisels?
 

On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:49:15 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

Google for scary-sharp

Whew! The things one doesn't know!

Cheers.

MM

Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honingchisels?
 

On 04/08/2012 07:32, MM wrote:
The DMT stones are incredibly expensive, so I thought, why not use a
sheet of, say, 600 grit wet-or-dry - with soap and water - on a plate
glass sheet?

MM


It works for me.

Al.

Can I use wet-or-dry fine paper instead of a stone for honing chisels?
 

In article , MM wrote:
The DMT stones are incredibly expensive, so I thought, why not use a
sheet of, say, 600 grit wet-or-dry - with soap and water - on a plate
glass sheet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_sharp has a few links on the technique