[TheForge] Knife sharpening

[Walter]

The antique grass sickles I have are almost sheet metal thick except for 
a folded up edge along the back.   I'm sure these were all hammer sharpened.

Has anyone seen a plowshare sharpened on a little giant power hammer?   
I understand there was some sort of tooling used for this but I have 
never seen anything on it.  I know the smith in our historic blacksmith 
shop in Kidron, OH used his little giant for this purpose but I haven't 
seen any tooling he may have used.


On 7/5/2017 1:06 PM, Chris Caswell wrote:
> I believe the European scyth blades are make thinner and are designed 
> to be sharpened by hammer and stake. American blades were made thicker 
> and designed to be sharpened on a grindstone.  I have two snaths and 4 
> blades: one ditch blade and 3 grass blades.  I have managed to sharpen 
> the ditch blade so it cuts, but not yet the grass blades,
>
> Chris in VT
>