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Sharpen a Hatchet - PEP BB tool.sand.hatchet

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Kyle Knight
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This hatchet is in need of some care
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the dull edge of a hatchet
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Kyle Knight sharpening a hatchet with an angle grinder on a sawhorse
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Sharp edge of the hatchet
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Lateral view of a sharp hatchet edge

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Note: Nice edge!

 
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You can use an angle grinder as well, just follow the same ideas as shown above.

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 - the edge is free of nicks and looks sharp when done

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 - closeup pic of the dull edge
 - action pic of sharpening
 - another closeup of sharp edge

I chose not to use power tools. Only a file and whetstone
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Never sharpened, played with it like a kid... Got it as a birthday gift without the knowledge to properly care for it
Never sharpened, played with it like a kid... Got it as a birthday gift without the knowledge to properly care for it
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Another view of the Before
Another view of the Before
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Whetstone at work
Whetstone at work
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A lot of work
A lot of work
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Look at tha'
Look at tha'
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Look at it!
Look at it!
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Will you just look at it?
Will you just look at it?
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Thing a beauty
Thing a beauty

Live simply, have high ideals

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Ally Richardson
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Started with a hatchet I haven't used in a while and was quite dull. There were a few knicks at the beginning. Using a 400 grit wet stone, I sharpened a dull hatchet.

Three pictures are included:
1. closeup pic of the dull edge
2. action pic of sharpening
3. another closeup of sharp edge  
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Ally, can you post a picture looking straight at the edge, or showing both sides?

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Note: Hey, Ally! Glad to see you still doing BBs. I don't feel like there is an adequate way to show in a picture that there is an actual sharper edge. If you say the hatchet is now sharp, that's good for me

 
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My hatchet had a dent and was also a bit rusty. So I stripped off the rust with sand paper and filed it until I got rid of the dent. Lastly I honed it a bit further with a small grind stone
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Note: nice and sharp for sure! good work!

 
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My hatchet needed sharpening.
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Dull nicked edge
Dull nicked edge
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Sharpening
Sharpening
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Sharp and free of nicks
Sharp and free of nicks

J Lane

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