Sharpening Pond
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I recently finished this project I have been working on. It’s a sharpening pond. It’s something I have wanted as long as I have been interested in sharpening kitchen knives, straight razors and, most recently, tools. I finally decided to do it.
I used oak because I wanted it to be solid and heavy. This was an early joinery project for me and, admittedly, my joinery was not the best. The joints fit, but not super snug, so after I glued it up I added screws to give it more strength. The bed of the pond is a heavy plastic tray I got from an industrial supply place online. It is silicon glued to the bed and sealed around the edge.
The bridge is the fun part. It has dados to seat it on the pond and an adjustable block that slides along a groove to accommodate a large waterstone, or my small Japanese natural stones, or anything in-between. You can see in the picture the nice big knob on the bottom that is easy to grip and secures the sliding block.
On the right is an addition I was just working on today. It’s a flat block, seated in oak, that I will use for lapping my waterstones as I go. I’m just going to put a piece of wet/dry paper on it, pop the stone out and flip it over on the paper to flatten it, put it in the tub and move on to the next stone. I just have to cut the dados and finish that board (yes, I forgot to cut the dados before I seated the stone, but I have a plan… lol).
The waterstone you see in the picture is a Naniwa Chosera 400.
The pond is rock solid and heavy. It doesn’t budge when I am honing.
Anyway, I wanted to show this off and hopefully give someone out there some ideas. Thanks very much for looking. 🙂
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