Sharpen a Hatchet - PEP BB tool.sand.hatchet

Jun 02, 2019 10:00:59

Mike Barkley · Jun 02, 2019 15:11:47

I sharpened a hatchet. It might be hard to tell in the pictures, but it looked like someone had dropped the blade on concrete or something. After some time with a file and sharpening stone, it was sharp and back to chopping kindling.

Steve Thorn · Sep 17, 2019 13:30:21

Much better!

Steve Thorn · Sep 26, 2019 19:27:29

More fun at Wheaton Labs!

As you can see there are a couple chips. The chips where not completely filed out to preserve the life of the blade.

Check it out!

Steve Thorn · Oct 02, 2019 16:31:45

Got out the old boy scout hatchet and took the nicks out of it. Normally I'd do it roughly with an angle grinder but I figured I'd try the file method. It worked!

Mike Barkley · Oct 04, 2019 21:05:13

I love sharp tools. My photos didn't turn out too well for the hatchet close-ups. I'd be happy to re-do if need be, there always seems to be a dull hatchet around Wheaton Labs with the rate that the crew uses them.

Look at the chip towards the top (before pic and side 1 pic) of the blade for before and after reference, as well as towards the bottom of the blade in the after shot side 1.

Steve Thorn · Oct 28, 2019 18:40:42

This is the dull hatchet I sharpened.

This is an action pic of me sharpening the hatchet.

This is teh sharp hatchet after I sharpened it.

Mike Haasl · Aug 28, 2020 14:49:38

Hatchet Sharpening. It belongs to my mother and she asked that I don't make it "too" sharp but it still cuts paper without too much force.

Mike Barkley · Sep 03, 2020 11:44:58

I generally keep my blades sharp. Even so my hatchet picked up a few nicks.

Oct 04, 2020 14:41:07

I used a file and a stone.

Ernie & Erica's evening presentation on fire science made good watching for this.

[Edit: kept going, blade is now nick-free to my eyes]

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