[Jewelry making - Article 00317] - [Orchid] Graver sharpening tools

[Linda Frueh]

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Hello folks -

    I have been trying to sharpen my gravers by hand following Blaine
    Lewis & others' directions - but I'm not getting a crisp enough face
    so I thought I'd try a sharpening tool. Not having the GRS system, I
    looked at a Crocker pattern sharpener. But- I was taught to only
    grind the face of a graver with a forward-backward movement - not
    side to side like with the Crocker. In other words, in line with the
    graver face rather than crosswise. Has anyone had success with this
    technique and/or tool? 

    In the archives someone recommended the Kell Honing Guide
    http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/11565, but it's hard for me to
    picture how it could work for a graver without standing it up
    straight and again, dragging the graver crosswise. Any thoughts on
    the matter would be gratefully received. 

    BTW, I use only 3 gravers, and for setting only - mostly
    bright-cutting - so would prefer to find a simple solution. There's a
    $75 tool in the Frei catalog that I might spring for if noone here
    stops me. Thanks again for your help. 

Linda

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