Hey Simon! If you bevel is convex, just stick with it :) ideally you’d use a flat bevel for carving, but for years I used a convex edge and just maintained it with fantastic results!
Thank you for sharing this, it is great to see different methods of sharpening on a different hatchet head. I am a tomahawk fan, I find them really versatile for bushcrafting - and I usually do use a Lansky puck followed by some micro mesh pads only. Always results in a nice, slightly convex bevel. Might give your way a try though, looks really neat.
Rathwulven Bushcraft hey it’s my pleasure!! It’s worth keeping the correct sharpening method for the bevel. You can’t sharpen a convex edge like I do the flat edge here :) you have to work from behind going towards the cutting edge :)
Very cool! Thanks for the video!! I'm very new to carving and have an old hatchet that I'd like to use for learning carving... I have access to a tormac sharpener... What is the preferred base angle for your hatchet/axe??? Thanks!!!
Tom, love the video! I just purchased my first axe, I have zero sharpening experience, this is just what I needed. where did you get the wood and sharpening paper you used to demonstrate your sharpening tips?
Hi! Excellent news :) I make and sell the sharpening systems. Drop me an email at Tomscandian@hotmail.com and I’ll forward you all the info :) far too much to share in a comment. Warm regards, Tom
Thanks Tom. The axe sharpening video was equally as good as the ones on the knives. I do like your tip of staying on one area of the bevel at a time by starting at the middle and moving to either end. Cheers, Pathdoc74 Michael O. Alabama, USA
If you can find a Norton brand of sandpaper it's top notch. For what it's worth just thought I would share that bit of info with you. Bye for now God bless you Ken
Thanks, Tom, for another great video. I am going to try that technique with my carving axe straightaway. I would like to see you putting a hollow grind on one as well. Can the sandpaper be reused? My inner cheapskate wants to know.
xoney hey! Woo fantastic! Best of luck :) sure thing I will do a video on the Tormek in the future ☺️ na don’t reuse the little sheets, they are a single use item :)
Good job that was very impressive I like the message you used to sharpen the axe Could you make a video showing how to Hollow grind your Ax Blade?? That would be great if you could and then what tools you're using in the techniques and methods involved in doing that. I'm a woodworker, I've made a oak wooden Fork that's back about 200 videos or so I'm presently completing a " " " "Custom Stump Chair" It's one-of-a-kind so is the finish I'm putting on it you might be a point of interest for you.? Well I look forward to hear from you thank you for sharing keep up the great work God bless you bye for now Ken ...PS: you can find this custom stunt chair in my playlist from beginning to end look forward to hearing from you thumbs up. Ken:
Hey John, it’s a great question. The reason for going to a fine grit is 2 fold. Firstly a fine edge lasts longer than a coarser edge and secondly, this is used for wood carving rather than wood splitting - we need them to slice away wood with accuracy often times taking only thin small amounts off. Thanks for the question, Tom
Hi John, remember this axe is designed for fine carving and not log splitting and limbing. It's used with accuracy to cut small amounts of wood off. The flat over hollow is on all high quality hand made carving axes. Regards, Tom.
I stick my axes in the vice and use a file. This method here would take waaaaay to damn long, unless your axe was already relatively sharp and didn't need sharpining anyway, in which case...WTF?!
Hi Doug, if your carving axe requires a file I’d recommend getting a second cheap hatchet that you can remove bark that may have embedded stones or abrasive medium in it. Use that to split billets etc and then use your carving axe from there onwards which should be sharp and cared for both in use and in maintenance. If you are needing to remove that much damage either your bevel angle is wrong, the steel is poorly heat treated, your chopping block has impeded abrasive medium / stones or you are removing bark with it. Warm regards, Tom
Hi Rob! the only videos that are private aren't related to carving. Instead it's random content for different forums like saws, engines and the like :)
@@spooncarvingwithtom oh when I did this comment it didn't show me any of your old videos just the newer ones and I remembered watching a lot more maybe was a glitch
If you’d like further information, pricing and wait times on my sharpening products, please email me at:
tomscandian@hotmail.com
Warm regards, Tom
Great vid. Hope you continue on TH-cam!
Thank you, I will :)
Do you need to grind the ‘hollow’ out from the tormek or is a slightly concave bevel ok (for carving rather than general splitting)
Hey Simon! If you bevel is convex, just stick with it :) ideally you’d use a flat bevel for carving, but for years I used a convex edge and just maintained it with fantastic results!
Awesome video Tom! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 many Greetings - Mike
Hey Dude,
That’s the Video I was waiting for 🙏
Greetings from Germany - Mike
I was waiting impatiently for that video. Thanks Tom!
bk8 haha all good, here it is 😂
Thanks mr. Ribbery..
Amazingly simple! Thanks so much. Do you have any information on your sharpening system? I couldn't catch the name of it.
Sure :) send me an email and I’ll reply
With the info tomscandian@hotmail.com
Thank you for sharing this, it is great to see different methods of sharpening on a different hatchet head. I am a tomahawk fan, I find them really versatile for bushcrafting - and I usually do use a Lansky puck followed by some micro mesh pads only. Always results in a nice, slightly convex bevel. Might give your way a try though, looks really neat.
Rathwulven Bushcraft hey it’s my pleasure!! It’s worth keeping the correct sharpening method for the bevel. You can’t sharpen a convex edge like I do the flat edge here :) you have to work from behind going towards the cutting edge :)
Great. Could u tell me the list of tools u have been using for sharping?
Absolutely :) just drop me an email at tomscandian@hotmail.com and I can forward all the info including cost and wait times :) warm regards, Tom
Very cool! Thanks for the video!! I'm very new to carving and have an old hatchet that I'd like to use for learning carving... I have access to a tormac sharpener... What is the preferred base angle for your hatchet/axe??? Thanks!!!
Hey :) inclusive of 30 - 32 degrees!
Tom great video! What is that cool little oiler bottle and where to buy? Thanks
I think it was on ebay - search camillia oil applicator bottle :)
Tom, love the video! I just purchased my first axe, I have zero sharpening experience, this is just what I needed. where did you get the wood and sharpening paper you used to demonstrate your sharpening tips?
Hi! Excellent news :) I make and sell the sharpening systems. Drop me an email at Tomscandian@hotmail.com and I’ll forward you all the info :) far too much to share in a comment. Warm regards, Tom
Thanks Tom! Really helpful!
Carey On Vagabond my pleasure!!☺️👍
Love the gshock, is that a rangeman?
Hey Scott, haha yes mate, 9400 :)
Thanks Tom. The axe sharpening video was equally as good as the ones on the knives. I do like your tip of staying on one area of the bevel at a time by starting at the middle and moving to either end.
Cheers,
Pathdoc74
Michael O.
Alabama, USA
Great video as usual! Can you make a video of how to use a tormek to establish a hollow grind?
Phillip Vallé de la Montagne of course :) I’ll do one in the near future!!
Tom, what brand sandpaper do you use? Great video, thanks
If you can find a Norton brand of sandpaper it's top notch.
For what it's worth just thought I would share that bit of info with you.
Bye for now God bless you Ken
I use the paper from Hewn and Hone ☺️ it’s great!
Thanks, Tom, for another great video. I am going to try that technique with my carving axe straightaway. I would like to see you putting a hollow grind on one as well. Can the sandpaper be reused? My inner cheapskate wants to know.
xoney hey! Woo fantastic! Best of luck :) sure thing I will do a video on the Tormek in the future ☺️ na don’t reuse the little sheets, they are a single use item :)
Good job that was very impressive I like the message you used to sharpen the axe
Could you make a video showing how to Hollow grind your Ax Blade??
That would be great if you could and then what tools you're using in the techniques and methods involved in doing that.
I'm a woodworker, I've made a oak wooden Fork that's back about 200 videos or so I'm presently completing a " " " "Custom Stump Chair"
It's one-of-a-kind so is the finish I'm putting on it you might be a point of interest for you.? Well I look forward to hear from you thank you for sharing keep up the great work God bless you bye for now Ken ...PS: you can find this custom stunt chair in my playlist from beginning to end look forward to hearing from you thumbs up. Ken:
Easy to tips and tricks ect hey thank you!! Sure :) I’ll do a Tormek video in the future ☺️👍
Great video. Would you use the same process on a convex edged axe, but use a softer pad underneath?
Hi, thanks! I don’t use a pad underneath no, it takes away the ability to control the bevel angle :)
What type of axe did that use to be? Wanna do something similar!
This is a gransfors small forest axe with a handle I cut down.
Thanks Tom, you make it clear and simple.
Cheers,
Pathdoc74/ Mike
I got got my axe yesterday so SCARY sharp that last night i had to sleep with the light on ...👀
HAHAHA good work :P
Don't want to be rude but what is the point of grinding to 7000 grit? An axe will split wood fine with an 180 grind finish.
Hey John, it’s a great question. The reason for going to a fine grit is 2 fold. Firstly a fine edge lasts longer than a coarser edge and secondly, this is used for wood carving rather than wood splitting - we need them to slice away wood with accuracy often times taking only thin small amounts off. Thanks for the question, Tom
Great! Thank you (-:
Pleasure!
So you gave it a hollow grind, weakest grind for a axe.
Hi John, remember this axe is designed for fine carving and not log splitting and limbing. It's used with accuracy to cut small amounts of wood off. The flat over hollow is on all high quality hand made carving axes.
Regards, Tom.
I stick my axes in the vice and use a file. This method here would take waaaaay to damn long, unless your axe was already relatively sharp and didn't need sharpining anyway, in which case...WTF?!
Hi Doug, if your carving axe requires a file I’d recommend getting a second cheap hatchet that you can remove bark that may have embedded stones or abrasive medium in it. Use that to split billets etc and then use your carving axe from there onwards which should be sharp and cared for both in use and in maintenance. If you are needing to remove that much damage either your bevel angle is wrong, the steel is poorly heat treated, your chopping block has impeded abrasive medium / stones or you are removing bark with it. Warm regards, Tom
why are all of your old videos private herd you can learn a lot from them seems like a waste of good information :D
Hi Rob! the only videos that are private aren't related to carving. Instead it's random content for different forums like saws, engines and the like :)
@@spooncarvingwithtom oh when I did this comment it didn't show me any of your old videos just the newer ones and I remembered watching a lot more maybe was a glitch