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| Sharpening Station |
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| Finest abrasives. | ||
| Microbevels front and back. | ||
| Use a jig. | ||
| Copyright (c) 2002-08, Brent Beach |
Test Summary
An A2 steel blade, sold by Lee Valley as an after market blade for Stanley type planes.Good durability, poor edge quality with use.
The Test
April 8, 2002.As with all my other tests, I honed three front and back bevels using 15, 5, and 0.5 micron 3M micro abrasive paper.
This iron came with a 30 degree primary bevel. I did one test with this bevel angle then reground the primary bevel to 25 degrees, so the results would be more comparable to the other irons.
| The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after the 0.5 micron paper. |
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The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after 50 passes along 4 foot douglas-fir board.
The wear bevel is about 4 pixels wide. There is some evidence of edge breakdown, almost as if the edge is bending back or breaking off. |
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The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after 150 passes along 4 foot douglas-fir board.
The wear bevel is about 6 pixels wide, but the edge has defects. |
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