01-07-2022, 01:27 PM
I gave up on trying to sharpen tools free hand. I just don't have the knack for it 
I have tried flat stones, the "Lansky" type of hand knife sharpening kits, the paper (cardboard) sharpening wheels on my pedestal grinder, diamond hand laps and other DIY 'solutions' ad nauseum. I can't manage to get a straight, consistent, even bevel at an even angle on an edge to save my soul. I end up with multi-faceted washboard edges every time. Even my Drill-Doctor which worked great for about a year until the PLASTIC housing evidently started wearing/warping/shifting it's shape and won't hold a correct angle anymore.
My latest delivery and my last hope of saving the drawer full of pocket knives, kitchen knives, scissors, drill bits etc., etc., that I have butchered the bevels on due to my unsteady movements. If you will excuse me, I have to go plan a bank robbery now so that I can afford to buy extra wheels for it for grinding lathe bits and whatnot.
Built like a tank and weighs just about as much too.
I have tried flat stones, the "Lansky" type of hand knife sharpening kits, the paper (cardboard) sharpening wheels on my pedestal grinder, diamond hand laps and other DIY 'solutions' ad nauseum. I can't manage to get a straight, consistent, even bevel at an even angle on an edge to save my soul. I end up with multi-faceted washboard edges every time. Even my Drill-Doctor which worked great for about a year until the PLASTIC housing evidently started wearing/warping/shifting it's shape and won't hold a correct angle anymore.
My latest delivery and my last hope of saving the drawer full of pocket knives, kitchen knives, scissors, drill bits etc., etc., that I have butchered the bevels on due to my unsteady movements. If you will excuse me, I have to go plan a bank robbery now so that I can afford to buy extra wheels for it for grinding lathe bits and whatnot.
Built like a tank and weighs just about as much too.
Willie