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What's the best way to touch up the edge on a single bit axe? I have a bench grinder and an angle grinder but I was wondering if those might get it too hot.
It's just dull. not really beat up.
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I always use a hand file.

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I always use a hand file.


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After you get the edge set with a file, if you want to go nuts you can take a sharpening stone (Arkansas, India, diamond, whatever, etc) and work on the axe with it. Then use it for touch ups.

You are correct in that you have to be really careful not to overheat the steel with power tools.

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file.

A double cut for roughing it in, and a nice single for fine work.

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I've got to be careful with this one. I bought it at an estate sale on Old Town Alexandria Va. The lady said it was the one George Washington used to chop down his old man's cherry tree! I paid the three bucks and split!

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A sharp hand file with a good handle is all you need. The steel in an axe is not real hard so it is pretty easy to file. Wear leather gloves and file from the edge back towards the handle.


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Originally Posted by Scott F
A sharp hand file with a good handle is all you need. The steel in an axe is not real hard so it is pretty easy to file. Wear leather gloves and file from the edge back towards the handle.


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File will work fine. If it just needs a touch-up, I'll rub circles with the 100 grit silicon carbide stone.

A true touch up takes about 30 sec per side. If it needs more than that I'll plug in the angle grinder.


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Some sort of stationary sander is what most pros use. If you keep a finger or two on the steel up near the edge as you grind/sand you'll know if its getting too hot. When it gets warm, dunk it in a bucket for a few seconds.

Files are good for removing a lot of stock, but won't give much of an edge. A circular stone or maybe one of those DMT Dia-fold sharpeners are what you need to get and keep a sharp edge.

A dull axe won't won't cut wood worth a damn but they will gash open a shin quite well

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Originally Posted by Sauer200
I've got to be careful with this one. I bought it at an estate sale on Old Town Alexandria Va. The lady said it was the one George Washington used to chop down his old man's cherry tree! I paid the three bucks and split!


i think i once owned the same ax! yes. the head had been replaced twice and the handle about nine times, but it was still the very same ax. that ax is worth a bunch.

the one i had was stolen off my carport a decade ago...have no clue where it went.


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I work the edge with a very fine file, then a set of stones, and then strop the edge. Takes a little time, but the results are worth it.


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Good sharp Bassturd file and wear gloves.


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I do like to follow up my file with one of these.

Handy hint, use water not oil and your stone will be a lot easier to carry around.

http://www.amazon.com/Lansky-LPUCK-...=8-1&keywords=round+sharpening+stone


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Originally Posted by Scott F
I do like to follow up my file with one of these.

Handy hint, use water not oil and your stone will be a lot easier to carry around.

http://www.amazon.com/Lansky-LPUCK-...=8-1&keywords=round+sharpening+stone


That's a pretty good price too. It doesn't say the make up, I like the silicon carbide pucs.

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Good grief...... The OP said 'grind'. Not file, not bastard, not diamond, not puck.

PUCK me, I'm the only one that answered correctly. What do I win?

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Well is sure ain't a new grinding wheel. You got the best I have seen.


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