How to Use and Sharpen a Spokeshave

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As a woodcarver, the spokeshave is one of my favourite tools. I mean it. I love using a spokeshave!
In this video, I'show you how to sharpen the blade using a home-made jig and then 'set' it into the spokeshave proper.
The trick with all these bench, 'edge' tools is in making sure the blades are correctly sharpened and 'set' right, especially planes and spokeshaves. If you can sharpen a carving tool correctly, you'll find these bench tools a doddle!
After that, as always, it's practice. And I hope you find, like me, that there is something about the spokeshave that makes it a joy to use, shaping broad surfaces or chamfering edges.
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