[TheForge] Knife sharpening

[J. Petrila]

sorry. I think you guys miss understood..

10 different blacksmiths..  Reason is or was because they were all from
different areas with different back grounds and training..   LOL..


Today with the internet you have key figures that get followed..  Brian
Brazeal for starters is the big one that comes to mind, Hofi another..
Thus you end up with more people on the same page.. Thus networking has a
place..

What this has done is made it so a lot of people base what they do, feel,
think on these guys working knowledge vs their own..

This has limited a lot of people as now it's Rote and taken at face value
and don't question Why?

I'm not complaining..  I have learned there is a technique or short cut for
everthing when forging and it's always the best when someone who has
learned it shares it..  But I don't stop there.. I continue the process..

Mind you I am not an artist nor claim to be one.. I'm just a trade smith
who doesn't work at a trade anymore.. :)

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On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:02 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> Been skimming along, glad I did. :)
>
> I can't say anything about sharpening sythes though I recall seeing shorts
> on video over the years. Interesting info.
>
> Can't say anything about sharpening plow shears either, never seen it done
> either though an Uncle told me once my Father discouraged me from
> blacksmithing largely because he had to sharpen plow shears for a penny
> each
> during the depression.
>
> The research I did said the 50lb. Little Giant was designed for sharpening
> plow shears and that's why it's such a challenge to forge a strait piece
> with stock dies. Recently I changed the dies on mine after making dove
> tails
> threaded receiver plates. It's much easier for me to make new bottom or top
> dies on a matching plate and bolt them down. I'm not good enough to forge
> my
> own dove tails since the accident.
>
> Oh yeah about asking two blacksmiths a question and getting at least three
> answers. That's typical of any craft that is more an art than job. If you'd
> sat in when the spinners in Dad's shop were talking you'd feel right at
> home. Probably not have a clue what they were talking about but at least
> two
> opinions from each one.
>
> Frosty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Charles
> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 7:22 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Knife sharpening
>
> The internet has not changed the behavior of real blacksmiths.  What you
> get
> now is one opinion based on experience dressed up by ten other keyboard
> commandos as their own.
>
> Charles
>
> >>
> >> 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. ;-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>
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