[TheForge] Knife sharpening

[Walter]

I did a little research yesterday and saw some write-ups on the process 
but as usual, they didn't agree.  Some showed that you hammered from the 
back where others noted that you didn't want the good face against the 
anvil.  I did see one that talked about the LG tooling but no details.

I found an interesting ad in a 1911 publication.  They would sharpen 
10-14" shares for 35 cents each...... Putting this in perspective, they 
had an ad for a 25x40, 2 story, powered shop with all tooling, 2 forges, 
hydraulic tire setter, line shafts, 8hp engine and a good connecting 
house for $2,000.


On 7/5/2017 4:26 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
> Walter <wmullett22 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone seen a plowshare sharpened on a little giant power hammer?
> At the 1976 ABANA conference in Carbondate, an elderly [1] black man
> from somewhere in the southern US demonstrated doing that.  It looked
> awkward but he got it done in short order.  When the applause was over,
> he whipped out a Bible and began to preach us an evangelical sermon.
>
>> I understand there was some sort of tooling used for this but I have
>> never seen anything on it.
> He didn't have any special tooling that I remember.
>
>
> [1] Elderly: Probably about the same age as I am now. But he *looked*
>      older than I do. ;-)
>