Sharpening Kit for Plane Irons

The excellent 9-minute video featuring Lie-Nielsen's Deneb Puchalski describes a quick and reliable technique for achieving consistent sharp edges on any plane iron. In the video he describes several items used in applying this simple technique:

1. Side clamping honing guide
2. Combination honing/polishing waterstone
3. Thin 6" ruler
4. Protractor
5. Camellia oil
6. Roll of 150-grit wet/dry sandpaper (for re-flattening waterstones)
7. Homemade angle setting jig

This kit contains one each of the first six items on this list, at a savings of $9.46 off the cost of the items bought separately.

PLUS you can CLICK HERE to download a detailed plan to use in building your own homemade angle setting jig (as illustrated above). PLEASE NOTE: The homemade jig itself is not included in this kit.

Although Deneb suggests a 1000/8000 grit combination waterstone in the video, we instead include a 1000/6000 grit stone in our kit for several reasons. We think jumping from 1000 grit honing to 8000 grit polishing is a rather big step. Instead we recommend honing at 1000 grit and then polishing at 6000 grit. This works faster yet still produces an excellent polished edge. Also the 1000/8000 grit waterstone (offered below) costs $69.99, while the 1000/6000 grit waterstone costs only $28.99, making the entire kit much more affordable, and in our opinion, just as effective for getting a great edge on your plane irons.

CLICK HERE to watch the 9-minute instructional video.

CLICK HERE to download a PDF document illustrating how to build the angle setting jig.

CLICK HERE to download a PDF document describing the entire sharpening technique.

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