I recently decided I wanted to make a few sharpening videos to share some of what I've managed to learn about sharpening as I sorted through the enormous mountain of half-truths mixed with lies found in the online conventional wisdom about the subject.
I started by making a brief tutorial on burr based sharpening aimed at complete beginners to freehanding. I've ended up coming to believe that a total beginner is probably better off learning a burr based approach at first, as at the very least the formation of a full length burr on both sides can largely eliminate the most common problem new sharpeners are going to have.
video: [youtu.be]
I've got more videos shot that I'm still in the process of editing and uploading, but I wanted to post those so I could get any feedback, comments, criticisms, etc. ASAP.
I started by making a brief tutorial on burr based sharpening aimed at complete beginners to freehanding. I've ended up coming to believe that a total beginner is probably better off learning a burr based approach at first, as at the very least the formation of a full length burr on both sides can largely eliminate the most common problem new sharpeners are going to have.
video: [youtu.be]
I've got more videos shot that I'm still in the process of editing and uploading, but I wanted to post those so I could get any feedback, comments, criticisms, etc. ASAP.