Robin Wood demonstrates how to sharpen one of our Robin Wood carving axes, available at wood-tools.co.uk/tools/the-ro... wood-tools.co.uk/ / woodtools / woodtoolsltd
That spoon blank preparation and in particular the hollowing out operation was simply stunning. It's one thing to watch it being done, quite another to do it yourself. Hats off to you sir!
I’ve just bought one of these axes it arrived today,I thought I might have to sharpen it before use so I watched this video first ,….. straight out of the box cuts paper like a razor blade wow ! I’m very impressed with it thank you Robin.
great tip on the honing, i always struggle to find bits of leather wider than a belt, just tried it but with red jewellers honing compound and has worked like a treat. now i have no excuses guess ill go back to making turning blanks
Thanks Robin, Simple and clear inexpensive materials too. I've just received one of your excellent carving axes. It's great! And it came with edge well protected from UK to Pennsylvania. I've axed out three spoon blanks with more ease than with my heavier axe and now I like the one from you the most.
I find with edged tools, especially if I'm a bit uncertain that day, that colouring the edge with a black felt tip will tell me how I'm doing for angle and coverage.
Robin, this is another fabulous video! You make it look so easy and having tried it, so did we ... after a few attempts. We haven't used the water stones since. We couldn't find the self-adhesive wet and dry, but a little PVA works fine with the standard 'Motosave' sheets :-D Time to do the drawknife (do you fancy doing a drawknife sharpening video?). Thanks again.
Dammit man you make roughing out look so easy! Anyway great informative video I've just ordered one of your axes so knowing how to keep it sharp would be a good idea.
Hey Robin, greetings from Iraq! Great video, wonderful new series of videos that you have produced. With all the research that you have done for your book, which is great by the way, i wonder if you realise that you are, through these videos, laying down the history of our craft as we understand it now that will hopefully be referenced in years to come. Thanks for taking the time to share these skills with the rest of us. Mike PS not sure if Sandra has sent my axe to you yet but i am really looking forward to getting some time with it when i get home.
Shiny magazine paper ! on a board like the grit paper you used try it for your final polish the paper has the mineral white kaolin clay that is found in some toothpaste
Hi Robin I am a total newbie,just brought a bundle on eBay your axe and spoon gouge, 3 rolls of grit paper. When you use the broom pole for your knifes and last board shown in this video with the polish cream do they have leather stuck on? Thanks
hi! i just got an axe which is very dull and just by my personal opinion the angle for carving purpose is too wide. can you give me some tips on which angle ia the best for carving axe and with which grid of sanding paper to start to get there? thank you!
altering the bevel is not so easy and requires much more metal removed than you will achieve with paper. The angle should be between 25 and 30 depending on the hardness of the steel in your axe and the hardness of the wood you are working. If you don't have a powered grindstone or linisher then a good new coarse file will do the job well.
Don't know if you are still responding here, but I am guessing that to start off with an axe, you first grind on a wheel, leaving a convex bevel and then sharpen and hone after??? If there were Star Trek Transporters, I would come over for a play date....
Can you make spoon carving video . I think i have seen all spoon carving videos on youtube but id like to see yours btw good video and i mayby buy ur axe some day it looks so nice :).
That spoon blank preparation and in particular the hollowing out operation was simply stunning. It's one thing to watch it being done, quite another to do it yourself. Hats off to you sir!
That was very good. Thank you from the future. This was quite a while ago. Greetings from the lowlands of Maryland.
I'm very happy with my Robin Wood axe, cheers
Many thanks, Robin! Clear, straightforward instructions! 👍
Great vid Robin, thanks for sharing. You make it all look so easy, sign of a true craftsman.
I’ve just bought one of these axes it arrived today,I thought I might have to sharpen it before use so I watched this video first ,….. straight out of the box cuts paper like a razor blade wow ! I’m very impressed with it thank you Robin.
great tip on the honing, i always struggle to find bits of leather wider than a belt, just tried it but with red jewellers honing compound and has worked like a treat. now i have no excuses guess ill go back to making turning blanks
Thanks Robin, Simple and clear inexpensive materials too. I've just received one of your excellent carving axes. It's great! And it came with edge well protected from UK to Pennsylvania.
I've axed out three spoon blanks with more ease than with my heavier axe and now I like the one from you the most.
Great video! I went back and worked my HK on a 600 grit, and wow, what a difference! It's like brand new. Thanks for the pointers. Love your work.
A great and informative tutorial Robin, many thanks for sharing ~Peace~
Again, really well demonstrated. And nice to see an expert reduction for a spoon with the axe!
This looks sensible and straightforward.
Love my axe from you, novice sharpener, this is definitely something I'm going to be trying soon! Hope I can get it as sharp as you :)!
Awesome video mate, many thanks.
I find with edged tools, especially if I'm a bit uncertain that day, that colouring the edge with a black felt tip will tell me how I'm doing for angle and coverage.
Love this video
Robin, this is another fabulous video! You make it look so easy and having tried it, so did we ... after a few attempts. We haven't used the water stones since.
We couldn't find the self-adhesive wet and dry, but a little PVA works fine with the standard 'Motosave' sheets :-D
Time to do the drawknife (do you fancy doing a drawknife sharpening video?).
Thanks again.
Dammit man you make roughing out look so easy! Anyway great informative video I've just ordered one of your axes so knowing how to keep it sharp would be a good idea.
I love the axe! I will eventually get me one
Thanks for sharing 😁👍
Very nice.
Hey Robin, greetings from Iraq!
Great video, wonderful new series of videos that you have produced.
With all the research that you have done for your book, which is great by the way, i wonder if you realise that you are, through these videos, laying down the history of our craft as we understand it now that will hopefully be referenced in years to come.
Thanks for taking the time to share these skills with the rest of us.
Mike
PS not sure if Sandra has sent my axe to you yet but i am really looking forward to getting some time with it when i get home.
Nice edge!
Shiny magazine paper ! on a board like the grit paper you used try it for your final polish the paper has the mineral white kaolin clay that is found in some toothpaste
Hi Robin I am a total newbie,just brought a bundle on eBay your axe and spoon gouge, 3 rolls of grit paper. When you use the broom pole for your knifes and last board shown in this video with the polish cream do they have leather stuck on? Thanks
Great vid, but I wondrer, is that wet or dry paper?
I didn't quite get what kind of sanding paper you're using. is it the same kind of sanding paper you use for wood? thanks!
How weight is this axe? 800 grams?
Goos duff!
What's the angle on an axe? I heard that it's often 20 degrees, 20 separately on both sides or 10 degrees that end up producing a 20 degree angle?
hi!
i just got an axe which is very dull and just by my personal opinion the angle for carving purpose is too wide. can you give me some tips on which angle ia the best for carving axe and with which grid of sanding paper to start to get there?
thank you!
altering the bevel is not so easy and requires much more metal removed than you will achieve with paper. The angle should be between 25 and 30 depending on the hardness of the steel in your axe and the hardness of the wood you are working. If you don't have a powered grindstone or linisher then a good new coarse file will do the job well.
ty very much.i will go with file i do my best:)
Is it still possible to buy an axe from you?
Why do you just use mdf with compound for stropping and not a leather strop?
Serious question. Must an axe blade be razor sharp for survival use?
Bad boy!
Nice specs bud
This is basically the exact same method I use and the same polish,
Don't know if you are still responding here, but I am guessing that to start off with an axe, you first grind on a wheel, leaving a convex bevel and then sharpen and hone after??? If there were Star Trek Transporters, I would come over for a play date....
Robin where do you get that type sandpaper?! I’m having a hard time finding the adhesive types in sheets.
axminster tools as he stated in the video
If you can't get it, stick some double-sided tape to the back of the sandpaper.
@@suecollins3246 Much better to buy 3M spray adhesive and stick it on MDF or a hunk of glass, granite, or the like. Cheers
Can you make spoon carving video . I think i have seen all spoon carving videos on youtube but id like to see yours btw good video and i mayby buy ur axe some day it looks so nice :).
I have made a series of 4 spoon carving videos, called front room spoon carving, quite old now but still got the basics
C'est un bord scandinave ?
If you're worried about your fingers a wooden handle screwed to the back of your board would up the safety.
Was this a polishing video or a sharpening video?!
puoi usare della pasta abrasiva....
Can you give us a link to who made your axe
THAT GUY ON A BICYCLE of consurvation He made it. It’s on his website to buy
Could you do a 60cm chesspiece? That would be a great video. Do the king with an axe.
Who makes the axes? And what steel are they?
Robin makes his own axes. Very famous English axe maker.
So that how to do it an without the need to spend a fortune on japanes whetstones. Excellent video
Do you clean the abrasive sheets off with anything to prolong their lives Robin? Ta.
No. They last a surprisingly long time but when they stop cutting I peel it off and stick a new piece on.
@@WoodToolsSheffield Thanks. Have ordered the papers today and will set to once they arrive. Many thanks.
Tried it, not working!!!!
You shouldn't need to go through all the grits unless you have chipped the edge.
Darrin Snyder yeah you should definitely try to tell Robin he’s doing it wrong. LOL
Darrin, Robin is a very famous English axemaker.
Would have been better to see you sharpen an axe that needed sharpening and not one that was already razor sharp so we can see that your method works.
I doubt that Robin Wood has any blunt axes....
Stop whinging.
lol cant belief ur called robin wood?? that's nearly like robin hood!!
or Throbin Wood...
TLDR...rub it with sandpaper