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Brian Boggs Demonstrates Freehand Blade Sharpening
Sep 19, 2014
When I went to Asheville recently to photograph a couple of articles with Brian Boggs–one on the double tenon joint he developed for his outdoor chairs, the other on sharpening edge tools with diamond stones and diamond paste–I took along a video camera and filmed his method of freehand sharpening. Brian learned to sharpen in the early 1980s, before honing guides were quite so prevalent. He has used them, and finds them useful, but feels its quicker and less cumbersome to sharpen freehand.
In this short video, Boggs takes you from grinding the bevel to making silky shavings without a honing guide.
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Learn chairmaker Brian Boggs' tips for freehand sharpening.
Comments
I am disappointed at all the commercial clips that keep coming up with most of the FWW videos. As a paid subscriber I don't think this is appropriate. With regard to this article I think this is definitely a system more geared to the every day woodworker. I would like to go to work on my projects without having to think about sharpening my tools each time. I must confess I avoid using them even though I appreciate the work I can do with them during my "good days" with edge tools.
Agreed! I truly appreciate a workshop where all I hear is my tools and the wood, not some ear-splitting motor running.
Similarly, I like to hear the videos on FWW, not a video superimposed on a Chili's commercial that starts up when I am trying to hear what's going on!
Don't see many oilstones anymore - nice looking black ark.
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