Knife Sharpening Blog

When you know the fundamentals of how cutting angles on beveled edges affect cutting efficiency, you’ll know so much about any cutting tool that you hold in your hand. Simple mistakes can be avoided and you’d be well on your way to becoming a skilled wood carver.

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Wood carving is a special craft that’s been around since the days of cavemen. With time, it has become quite an impressive art to behold. It’s also very relaxing, often exhilarating and extremely satisfying. If you decide to become a wood carver, there’ll be several styles to choose from. So how can you know which style is best for you?

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If you’re going to be a wood carver and not just a whittler, you’ll need to select a number of tools. You could use just a handful and work with small projects. Or you could use a variety, including power tools, to work on really large projects. There’s just no way around it. So what are the right tools for wood carving?

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Isn’t it amazing that the collective burning of vegetation all over the world is still a major contributor to global warming? We have to change how we do things. For the survival of our race, global warming has to stop. If we refuse to make it happen, will anything matter in fifty or a hundred years?

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You’ve decided to become a rock climber. Yet all you know is what you’ve seen on television or in movies. Not a problem. Here are some basic tips and suggestions to help in your understanding of what it takes to engage in this extreme sport.

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Rock climbing is an extreme sport that leaves no room for guess work. There are several styles to choose from, with the level of safety ranging from very safe to life-threatening. You need to know just how far you’re willing to go.

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If you ever wanted to know how to carve a traditional jack-o-lantern, here it is. It’s a really nice skill to pass on. It’s very simple, very easy and it can be done in an hour.

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Every year at Halloween, jack-o-lanterns are everywhere. Many of them don’t even look like a traditional jack-o-lantern anymore. They could look like a graveyard, a haunted house, a witch on a broomstick or bats flying through the air. They’re really fun to make. So let’s go make one!

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There are so many kinds of knife sharpeners out there. It could be exciting just to select one. You could use an electric grinder but that’s pretty major. Only professional sharpeners should go there. Maybe you’d like an electric sharpener, the ones where all you’ve got to do is just swipe the blade through. Perhaps [...]

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If you’re a person who has many knives, many edges to sharpen at a fairly consistent pace, electric knife sharpening is for you. So much time and effort will be saved. But take heed. Using these devices without proper training and only a little experience could be a regrettable move.

 
Electric knife sharpeners are well [...]

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