The
Belgian Hone™ sharpening stone -
Belgian Blue and Ardennes Coticule garnet sharpening
stones
Original
Escher Water Hone from Germany
Tormek Hollow-Grind,
Water-Cooled Wheel Tool Sharpening System
Your choices for sharp tools
Hollow grinding is
a preferred way of creating the shape on the edge of
tools. Framing
chisels, draw
knives, cabinet
maker and woodworker chisels, knife and planer
blades and other tools can be shaped on the Tormek
water-cooled wheel sharpening system using jigs
designed to hold the tool accurately and save your
knuckles. Once hollow-ground, the front edge is quickly
and efficiently honed on our Belgian
stone. Having only a small leading edge bevel allows
repeated honing of just the edge without a major tune-up
of the whole edge side of the tool.
If there ever was a secret to getting a tool sharp,
it is to start with the flattest undulating intersecting
lines of the two edge sides. You can achieve that with
a micro-bevel using our Belgian
stones, then hone with the famous Original
Escher stone or swipe on a leather strop, or use
the leather wheel of the Tormek with
a rubbing compound for just a few seconds.
