063 Freehand sideways sharpening

Sharpening is the theme of videos wich i always tried to avoid. The reason is simple - there are as many ways as there are people. What is the best for me it don't have to be the best for you, and vice versa. In the video i'm gonna show you my standard sharpening process. Basic stuff i need is bench grinder and diamond plates plus strop. That way works well only with hollow grind bevels so the bench grinder is "the foundation". You don't have to be scare about burning your blades and chisels - if you will be patient and careful you get perfect results.
Remember about your safety, wear glasses and put on grinding wheel covers (yes, i know - i can't find my covers after my moving). If you need to were gloves, don't keep your hands close to the grinding wheel. I don't use them to control the temperature of the iron.
During the video you'll notice that i don't use any lubricant during sharpening on my DMD diamond stones (i bought them on allegro dot pl - DMD osełka diamentowa). This is my personal prefference, i hate the mess with it. The main job for any lubricant is taking out tiny metal particles and keep the stone / plate clean and not let to get clog up. To get the same result i just use simple pencil eraser very often - it gives me clean surfece in few seconds.
Another thing you'll notice is i hold the iron sideways (sharpening along the bevel edge).
Every sharpening stone or plate leaves scratches - even very fine gradiations leave them.
When the iron is sharpened perpendicular the edge looks like mico-saw plate. To eliminate it i just flip the iron about 90 degrees and work along the cutting angle.
That method will gives you no scrathes across the cutting edge and superb results in less time.
As the bonus - you don't need any honing guide. The accurate bevel angle is obteined on the bench grinder. The iron on the stone / diamond plane is easy to hold in sideways position and don't change the angle.
If it's something new for you, you should try it :)

Here are all steps i always follow:
1. Preparing the back of the iron. The back should be flat and gets mirror finish. After that step i don't touch this surface again (up to leather strop at the end of the sharpening process).
2. Grinding new bevel on the bench grinder. This step should brings small burr on the edge. I'm chilling the iron in clear and cold water.
3. Flattening the edges of hollow grind on the bevel. I continue up to get shiny and even lines on the full blade width.
4. When the step no 3 is done i use my finger and gently break the burr to the opposite side.
Next i repeat the step no 3 few times. At this moment the burr should falls off.
5. If it's necessary now i'm rounding the tips of the blade. I use very light preasure of my fingers to not destroy surface of the diamond plate.
5. The last step is cleaning the cutting edge out of the rest of the burr. This is the main job for the leather strop, not polishing. You need clear cutting edge, not polished bevel. I clean once the back and once the bevel, over and over again. That process brings razor sharp edge.
6. I enjoy with my sharp iron / chisel, until the next sharpening :)

I hope that i described it easy. If you have any questions just leave the comment.

Cheers!





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