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[quote quote=10642]I’ve only used the free hand method on blades from 2″ down to 1/4″. The 1/4″ took some concentration because it seems like it would be real easy to tilt it too much to one side or the other and end up with a deformed edge. But, when I met Paul at the Woodworking show in Ft Worth, he showed me that even *his* chisels have a *little bit* of a skew on the edges (or at least a couple of them did). So I guess that ain’t really anything to be worried about. …too much. kelly – [/quote]
Kelly- Fortunately, narrow edges are quicker to correct than wide ones. I wonder if a simple clothes-pin style jig, clamped to the sides of a narrow chisel, pointing straight up, could be a useful, visual indication of the angle that narrow tools are held. I’ll have to try something out…
EDIT: On second thought, I do not even own a chisel narrower than 1/4″, so Kelly – send me your nicest 1/8″ chisel so I can do a test. 😉