Stone to The Gouge

[MichaelMouse]

Got my new Arkansas today. I may sharpen up some plane irons tonight just to break it in. While pondering the loss of the old one to some cracks, I occurs to me that I never see a reminder to take the hone to the gouge, and not the reverse. Makes good sense to me, since the area in actual contact with the stone is so small. Just a slight lean could put a LOT of PSI on the stone. Flat tool edges not so bad, because the area of contact is broader. When I hone, I use one of those credit-card size diamond stones, running it as if I were sanding. Diamond slip, too.

I don't think I ever abused the old stone by doing a gouge on it. I have an India gouge stone for that. Most of us dinosaurs started with one, and they last a long time. I'm of the opinion that the cracks in the Arkansas follow old darker areas, and were probably weak to begin with. My story, sticking to it when SWMBO sees the bill for this one.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

thanks mm, for the web site for the stones, i never have had a set of two stones, just the darker one for my chip knives, do not know that i will notice the differance, but maybe, we will see, mail comes here later today, delivery is suppose to be today or tomorrow 😀