Sharpening for Green Woodworking

Ease and safety With the Benchcrafted Drawsharp, the cutting edge is facing away from your body and fingers, the honing action is parallel to the blade, and your fingers are safely behind the cutting edge at all times. If you've shied away from using drawknives because of sharpening, the Drawsharp will open the door to this wonderful tool, whether you’re a chairmaker, or looking to add the drawknife...

Rehab kit Most knives will be in good enough condition to use the abrasives included with the Drawsharp. But for those which require more aggressive material removal (removing knicks or severely blunted edges) or for those who may not want to grind their knife, Benchcrafted offer a rehab kit with medium and coarse diamond abrasives. The kit includes two sleeves and two each of coarse and medium diamond...

A strop is a leather strip used to polish the edge of a chisel, plane iron or a knife. Stropping is the final part of the sharpening process in achieving a truly sharp edge. Stropping has always been the accepted way to finishing a cut throat razor guaranteeing the closet of shaves. Unlike honing which removes metal from the bevel, stropping burnishes away any microscopic metal strands clinging to...

Flexcut Gold™ Polishing Compound has been specially formulated to apply like a crayon. Its blend of aluminium and titanium oxide provide a balance between aggressive removal of hardened tool steel and offering a high-colour polish.

Gransfors Bruk Diamond File. The file is double sided, one coarse (230grit) and one finer side (400grit). A simple wooden handle which is slightly wider near the file blade for better grip. Can be used et or dry. Complete with leather sheath.

Gränsfors Bruk ceramic grinding stone is made up of ceramic abrasives. It has a coarse side with grain size 180 to deal with rough damages and a fine side with grain size 600 suitable for fine grinding and sharpening. The stone is normally used with water, but can also be used dry. The stone is round and flat with a phase around the edges to prevent chipping. The fine side is 2/3 of the total...

This is the "go to" starter stone for beginners which remains super popular with craftsmen, butchers, kitchens and woodworkers the world over. It is double sided with coarse & fine grit aluminium oxide abrasive surfaces that produce strong, keen long lasting edges on quality tools. Orange & brown in colour. Mineral Oil is recommended although they can be used dry. Size: 8"...

Norton oil is recommended as a lubricant for all oil stones. Also suitable for hinged or moving parts of hand tools, locks, Albert's knees etc. Safe for kitchen use, but ingestion should still be avoided! Size: 4.5fl oz or 133ml

The Pfeil Arkansas Stone is a flat stone that comes in a wooden box. Use with a light honing oil. Arkansas stones are among the hardest and finest honing stones. Grit is in the region of 8000 Size of Box - 150mm x 75mm Size of Stone - 125mm x 50mm

Pfeil Honing oil for use on Arkansas stones. 100ml.

Pfeil polishing cream for strops. 50ml. Approximately 4000-6000 grit.

Pfeil Honing Strops for the finest edges for all knives. Birch base, faced with a fine calf leather. Size 220 x 50 x 20mm

The RH Preyda Axe Sharpening Stone was designed specifically for the axe enthusiast. Paired down size, wooden handle grip and Soft Arkansas and Hard Black Arkansas stones allow for ultimate precision when sharpening your blade. Available in the following sizes: 4" x 1" x 1/4" (102mm x 25mm x 6mm) - 13/16" (20mm) Overall Thickness - 8" (203mm) Overall Length 6"...

Sharpening for all - green woodwork, workshops, bushcraft, gardening, carepentry, forestry, builders, cooking and craft Sharp is a book that will guide the reader through the principles and practice of sharpening. From definitions and requirements in the chapter 'What is Sharp?' and through chapters explaining edge geometry, how to observe the edge to determine correct sharpening procedures required,...

This double sided leather strop from James Barry measures 8" x 3" x 3/4". The UK sourced leather is 4.5mm thick and is bonded to both sides of a wooden block. One side is coarse which is used to accommodate the James Barry Mirror Paste. This does not just polish to an amazing standard but also puts on that final hone to achieve a scary edge. The size is ideal to compliment the...

Specially designed fluid for use with diamond abrasives Lapping fluid specially designed fluid for use with diamond abrasives, used in the engineering industry for over 35 years. This is the original lapping fluid as introduced to the market by James Barry Sharpening Solutions 12 years ago. Oils that are sometimes used in sharpening are too thick for diamond sharpening and result in the tools skating...

A quality precision set of 4 different shaped needle files 600 grit as used in the british aerospace industry and by the like of Rolls Royce Engineering. Fantastic for carving tools, model engineering, small tools, removing welds, filing plastics and precious metals as in the jewellery industry. The pack consists of 1 x tapered/round 1 x tapered half flat/round 1 x flat 1 x triangular/tapered Fine...