What You Want to Know About Carving Knives Peter Benson looks at selecting the perfect carving knife The most common question I am asked is – how to sharpen tools andRead More
What You Want to Know About Carving Knives Peter Benson looks at selecting the perfect carving knife The most common question I am asked is – how to sharpen tools and keep them sharp. Allied to this was the growing interest in carving with a knife – what knives to choose and how to keep them sharp. Many of those who are of my generation can remember a time when almost every schoolboy would have a knife in his pocket or in a sheath on his belt. Sticks were cut into bows, arrows, swords and daggers for all our games as well as made into aircraft and model guns by those with a little more imagination. I can’t remember anyone ever using a knife in a threatening manner and the most dangerous activity for which they were used was to throw them at any available tree to see if they would stick in. In these days of protecting young children from almost anything remotely dangerous and the incidence of knife crime it is rare for any child to have experience with anything sharp,…
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