Sorry if this seems novice. I use sandpaper on plate glass to sharpen my plane
irons and chisels. Obviuosly the handles of the drawknife would be in the way.
Do you have to buy stones and drag it across them? How do you keep a
consistent edge? Thanks for answering.

I asked an old timer, my wife's uncle, about this and he told me you use a
file and then a stone in the same manner as the file, just to clean up the
edge.

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"GBsCards" wrote in message
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Sorry if this seems novice. I use sandpaper on plate glass to sharpen my
plane
irons and chisels. Obviuosly the handles of the drawknife would be in the
way.
Do you have to buy stones and drag it across them? How do you keep a
consistent edge? Thanks for answering.

My dad used a flat stone and sharpened his on the "back" or flat side. I
know, that shortens the bevel, but I believe the really old drawknives
didn't have the entire blade hardened, just most of the cutting edge, when
you wore it down too much, just threw in the corner of the woodshed & got a
new one. (always "recycled" everything - - save it for the handles.) - - I
shaved a lot of shingles and peeled a lot of logs with the blasted thing
when I was young and dumb.
"KYHighlander" wrote in message
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I asked an old timer, my wife's uncle, about this and he told me you use a
file and then a stone in the same manner as the file, just to clean up the
edge.

--

http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland


"GBsCards" wrote in message
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Sorry if this seems novice. I use sandpaper on plate glass to sharpen my
plane
irons and chisels. Obviuosly the handles of the drawknife would be in
the
way.
Do you have to buy stones and drag it across them? How do you keep a
consistent edge? Thanks for answering.

If you don't want to buy a stone, glue some sandpaper to a flat piece of wood
3" wide or so.


David

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Narrow your glass selection and use standard bevel down hone, wire edge
removal order. The bevel will lie flat with light pressure, especially as
it is pretty long.

Or get a stone. Old boys here used a scythe stone with bark knives. Of
course, that's a bit rougher work than I put to my knives.

"GBsCards" wrote in message
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Sorry if this seems novice. I use sandpaper on plate glass to sharpen my
plane
irons and chisels. Obviuosly the handles of the drawknife would be in the
way.
Do you have to buy stones and drag it across them? How do you keep a
consistent edge? Thanks for answering.

(GBsCards) wrote in message ...

Sorry if this seems novice. I use sandpaper on plate glass to sharpen my plane
irons and chisels. Obviuosly the handles of the drawknife would be in the way.
Do you have to buy stones and drag it across them? How do you keep a
consistent edge?

My first thought on readinh the subject line: Vewwy cawefuwwy.

I use a stone and a wooden paddle with PSA-backed wet-dry paper on
it. I hold the drawknife resting on my right forearm (I'm a lefty),
with one handle resting in the crook of my elbow and the other in my
right hand. This steadies it nicely. I then take the stone to the
blade's edge, drawing it at a slight angle across and away from the
edge.

I don't worry so much about keeping a perfectly consistent edge;
what I do is feel for when I've raised an even burr, and then flip the
drawknife over and remove that burr. I also like to put a bit of a
back-bevel on the thing, so I just go back and forth until I can just
barely feel a burr (I use fine wet-dry paper for this step).

For safety's sake, I sometimes use a leather batting glove to hold
the stone. But you should be OK if you are careful and always make
your sharpening stroke away from the edge.