How To Sharpen an Axe by Wranglerstar
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Awesome series of Ax videos! I don't currently own a decent ax, but now, with your helpful information, I know what to look for, and how to recondition and care for them. Thank you, Sir!
These videos are well made. I don't know why they came up in my feed but I just can't seem to stop watching them. I'm not even a woodsman or other nature enthusiast. I do keep my mental tool box open however and I hope I remember these things when the shit gets real.
just one comment if you stop touching the work area of the file you won't need to use the file card as much
it's the oil from your fingertips that allows the small filings to stick to the file Also if you put talcum powder on the file before brushing the debris out it will also clean away any oil at the same time
Just some thoughts from an old tool maker in the cutlery
Sheffield England
Nicholson files are now made in Mexico. Look for old ones at yard sales and estate sales.
I don't care where things are made. If it's good it's good! End of. Unless it's 4x4's. Then it's a land rover.
Ooh have I started something! Hahaha (crazy laughing)
I like it. Thanks
Bastard cut is the coarsest of American pattern files.
Hi Cody how would you sharpen a bill hook please as it has a curved cutting edge? Thanks
Why is everyone so rude on this channel?
boy with luv
"Get a good american one"
Me: "laughs in german"
My dad used to carry a stone with him in his pocket. It was a natural sandstone he found in a brook.
Smell that? You smell that?
WD-40, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that.
I love the smell of WD-40 in the morning. You know, one time we had an axe filed, for hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' nick in the bit. The smell, you know that oily smell, the whole shop, smelled like
[sniffing, pondering]
rust free. Someday this war's gonna end...
Nice reference m8
Spray wd40 in a pond and watch the fish.
Actul sharping starts around 9:30.. After all the talking! Dont waste your time on the first 9 minutes trust me.
you want a cast iron vice, does not matter what company or country it comes from , dont buy a welded one, buy a full cast iron. an old one will be best.
my grandfather retired from Nickelson file company nearly 40 years ago. he was a file cutter.
Went to the local bunnings but couldn't find a Jon Snow file.
Hahahaha 😂
this was the first video of Wrangerstar's i ever watched, it's what made me subscribe to his channel. oh nostalgia.
Like your video but not the constant reference to "good American made" products. I, being from Canada, know that just being American/Canadian made does not guarantee quality!!
Always American made
in my experience, nothing beats german made tools
I enjoyed your video -but I use 600 grit sand paper to sharpen my axe. I wrap it around a piece of wood then apply even pressure. You have done a great job making this and other videos. Thanks
A couple of points: if you want to stop the file clogging just rub a stick of chalk on it before using, this stops the swarf from clogging the teeth, especially if you're filling non-ferrous materials. Second, if you want a really good quality vice buy a cast steel one. Record (UK manufacturer) makes vices in cast iron and cast steel but the Engineer's vices are always cast steel. The Chinese do make good tools (very high quality, precision tools) but you'd have to pay as much, if not more, than you do for USA made tools. As with everything in life you get what you pay for.
Great info - but I'd suggest you put your promo and 'what I'm going to do' (first 5 mins) in a separate video. Many RUclipsrs have these long lead-ins and it NOT what the initial title is about, and adds extra time to wade thru. I would suggest having a link to your 'overview' and 'plans' and give it a quick mention at the start - then - get on with the subject at hand... i.e. "Git 'er Done"
Also made great use of your 'how to hang an axe head' vid - great stuff! THANKS!
England made vises ftw! I want my view back.
After looking at your cut finger in the other video, I think you may do well to wear gloves sharpening blades with a stone. We all get tired and lose focus from time to time. That edge you put is sharp as a razor.
I cut myself like that on a lawnmower blade. I tried taking it off without gloves or draping a rag over the blade, just to get it done quick. Now I use gloves or at least an old towel. I've also become a fan of using anti-seize on bolts like that.
Great video, very informative. But I would just like to ask shouldn't you use oil on your Lasky puck?
i have a miami vice.
Thanks Wanglerstar great videos . just a sugestion here , this is for everyone with a file without a handle on it , I find that If I get a gulf ball drill a small hole in it about halfway threw it and gently drive your file into it works great for a file handle . Its then better getting gouged by the end of the file Try It Out ! Im 50 and my father gave me that advice . Thanks Again !
Hey cody id like to thank you for teaching me many valuable lessons in life and about tools. You have inspired me to restore many axes and other "antique" tools.
don't buy file from china? Ha, I just have this chinese file and it didn't break from 10 years.
I learn so much from wranglerstar, thanks for putting these videos out its greatly appreciated, and generally but not always, I do agree that american tools are better built than let's say a Chinese made tool, they just don't put the same quality control standards into practice, and for good reason, if you were paid $2 or $3 a day would you care about your job? I generally try to buy american, if for no other reason than to support american jobs and to keep my hard earned dollars circulating in our own economy.
don't think of it that way. you can't apply Western standards for income and employment in the east, or any other country. we complain about less than $10/hr here in my state, and there are no jobs less than min wage, but in China the rate they get paid is the prevailing wage for that type of work, and if they don't want to work for $2-3 per day in a factory they will have a hard time earning anywhere near that much in the fields.
it's not a lack of pride versus pay, or even pride in ones work but more a deliberate level of quality designed and intended in the outcome by the companies. they have always had the idea that more cheaper is as good as fewer higher quality. even military tools and weapons for their own use fit this concept.
don't think of it that way. you can't apply Western standards for income and employment in the east, or any other country. we complain about less than $10/hr here in my state, and there are no jobs less than min wage, but in China the rate they get paid is the prevailing wage for that type of work, and if they don't want to work for $2-3 per day in a factory they will have a hard time earning anywhere near that much in the fields.
it's not a lack of pride versus pay, or even pride in ones work but more a deliberate level of quality designed and intended in the outcome by the companies. they have always had the idea that more cheaper is as good as fewer higher quality. even military tools and weapons for their own use fit this concept.
just a mention to the whole "buy american made stuff", over here in europe I would suggest to get german or austrian stuff, or just stuff from further in the north of europe(norwegian, sweden)
and I'm pretty sure that most of that stuff will be equally as good or even better than american made stuff...
Mr. Wranglerstar, where do I find one of those round sharpening stones? Approximate cost, if you don't mind sharing. thank you, good video!
+rockbay79 wranglermart.com $10
+Wranglerstar Thank you Sir!
Seemingly available on Amazon!
Thanks for a well explained video.
You keep saying buy American but if you live in the UK, I doubt you would want to pay for the delivery for a vice, nor the import taxes!
British stuffs probably better anyway,
If you can find an old British made Record vise, they're every bit as good as a Wilton. Shame that the name is getting slapped on low quality chinese made vises now though.
Wranglestar, very nice video. I've watched several videos on sharpening various tools and I have one question. Does it matter whether you move the file toward or away from the bevel? In other words, if you flipped the axe over in your vice and moved the file toward the bevel, would you get the same result? I do understand that you probably wouldn't do it that way because you couldn't see the edge, but I've seen people sharpen garden hoes both ways. Sometimes they move the file toward the bevel, and sometimes away from it. Just wondering if it there's a correct way and an incorrect way. Thanks.
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word to the wise, Bro. Wranglerstar. My last Nicholson said, "Made in Mexico". it's seems to be as good as my US made, and probably still under US management... just telling folks, look close.
you should do a vid on how to properly sharpen a knife
Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it. 3 years on and it's still valuable information that we are all obviously still benefitting from. Thanks mate.
Great video. Thanks, man. I play the oboe and make my own reeds, which requires a lot of knife sharpening with surgical grade precision. I'm not used to this rough kind of work. Very great tutorial, though.
That was fine instruction for using a file and stone. I use a belt sander 120 grit 4"x36" instead of a file then hone with a stone. I can sharpen many axes and lawn mower blades with one sander belt many more than a file can do. Files are best used camping or away from the shop... or give the axe a few strokes with the file after sanding it. If you are just touching up the edge a file would do fine. The sander works best on a very dull and nicked up axe, never use a grinder they are the worst thing to use to put a keen edge on a blade.
Sir, your files will last longer if you wear a glove. Don't touch the cutting teeth of the file with your bare hands. The oils and acids from your hands will deteriorate the cutting edges. Don't take my word for it, go talk to any old machinist and they will tell you the same thing.
Great video. The way my dad taught me to sharpen an axe.
Awfully relaxing to look at people sharpening their tools.
The Nickleson files I see in the shops here in Australia are from Brazil.
The ones I see here in new York are made in mexico I have heard the quality of this brand has dropped a lot. but not so horrible to a axe's edge. cause ya can take it to the stones after shaping the edge.
suilekelly though I bought mine last year
they moved production in 2011. you can still find a few american made files at home depot, you just have to look hard.
Joe Momma
No Home Depot here in Australia. =P So long as the quality is good it doesn't matter to me.
Just get one that look's of high quality. Or ask staff at the store you are going to (i am guessing your looking at Bunnings perhaps, the staff there don't know shit unfortunately)
Chainsaws and hydraulic wood splitters are nice tools to have, but well maintained hand tools can make a job well done worthwhile.
I have really enjoyed your series on timber framing, and your building a tree house. Thank you for your willingness to demonstrate and explain basic process's clearly.
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Thanks for the video's. I recently moved to a rural area and love learning how not to rely on friends to fix or help with things. I appreciate the effort. T.Bone
Excellent. I already knew a lot of this, but you are an excellent teacher, and I learned a lot. Thank you.
I've sharpened a few axes & hatchets this way over the years, and, while it does work quite well, it also makes me very thankful for modern technology like my Work Sharp Ken Onion Edition Knife & Tool Sharpener. It'll put a perfect convex edge on an ax in no time flat! It won't work without electricity of course, but while the power still works we might as well make the most of it!
One thing that I always do when sharpening an ax, hatchet, tomahawk, knife, etc..., regardless of whether I'm using a stone or the Work Sharp, is to finish up with a leather strop. I know that an ax doesn't need to be razor sharp like a knife does, but using a file or a stone, even a very fine stone, will always leave a small burr on the edge. The leather strop removes the burr, and that makes the edge stay sharper for longer.
why do you run the file toward the sharp edge? why not go from the back forward, so if you slip you don't cut yourself? looks scary to me pushing my hand toward a sharp blade. I like my hands they mean a lot to me.
Thanks for this video. Its nice to see how others do things. I'll be looking for a round sharpening stone this afternoon!
Thanks for the video! working on my tools for my first house. It's going to be a cold winter so this will help me keep wood burning in my wood stove! :)
I was taught the bastard file refers to the cut. bastard being cut both ways. mill file cut one way
Iv'e tried doing this on my estwing hatchet but I just can't seem to get a good edge on it. It cuts paper OK, but definitely not like his. Anyone have any ideas or tips on why I'm having trouble?
Yeah, if you're getting OK results, but not great, you probably just haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet. Maybe watch another video or two, but just keep trying and it sounds like you'll get the results you want eventually. Sometimes it does help to hear it explained a different way, but if your axe cuts paper, you're definitely doing something right.
you may have two different angles, and they are counter acting the other one, that is why you can get them just so sharp, look at the top of the axe and imagine a line running down the center of the head of the axe, it is that or your angle is to obtuse, and needs to be lower a angle, just a suggestion.
I am glad you have taken the time to explain "American quality" versus garbage from Pakistan or china.
I am in complete disagreement with your theories on hand tools . you should be teaching people with your videos the benefits of buying cheap as chips Chinese power tools which you run into the ground and then dispose of them by throwing them out of the car window away from your neighbourhood. we have to keep our Chinese friends working at all costs irrespective to the thousands of American skilled workers living on welfare because the Chinese have took all their jobs.
"Plastic is definitely more durable." I have a feeling Cody has learned the truth behind this sentence. After years of use (and as seen in more recent videos), that plastic handle is now residing in the garbage. Wooden handles win.
Great video. Did you apply the red paint? If so what is it?
Take a look at Essential Craftsman.He shows you how to sharpen an axe several different ways in exactly half the time.
Good video. Same procedure that my Dad taught me 50 years ago. I still have my Norton round India stone for final sharpening.
Just a heads-up, I ordered a Nicholson 12" bastard file off amazon and it was stamped Made In Mexico. Looks like good quality though.
As an addendum, I looked at my old worn out Nicholson file that I've had for years, and it was made in USA. Looks like Nicholson may have moved their manufacturing to Mexico between then and now.
NAFTA bill is responsible for a lot of companies moving their operations to Mexico.
and yet Ross Perot was made to look like an idiot by the "media."
Yeah, they actually moved no too long after he made this video, ironically.
mine was made in brazil!wtf?
"Get a GOOD American made one" :D You´re really funny
Regards from Germany
Ps: Great Video
P.s.s Swedish axes. c;
Swedish axes are the best *-*
think ill stick to made in england ;)
Best vices are English such as the record brand.
Marc Law vices?
Excellent video, Few people seem to know that a chopping or cutting axe should be sharpened differently than a splitting axe.
Just FYI Nicholson no longer makes their files in America. Yours might be American made, but in 2011 they've moved production to Mexico and South America and quality has suffered accordingly.
www.cullmantimes.com/local/x104121301/Nicholson-File-closing-next-year
Do you use any oil on the stone or soak the stone in mineral oil when you first get the stone at all?
For rockbay79, Lansky is the brand of round stone Wranglerstar was using. I have had one for several years now and it works. Lansky has many different products but, go to their website and you will find what Lansky calls a "Puck". You will enjoy using it. "Take care".
Geez, Cody looks and sounds 30 years younger 8 years ago!!
Just one critique. Your tools don't need to be American made. You of course do need to avoid Asian gear, obviously. However, German or British tools will be superior to American ones in every aspect. They might cost more though, as well they should.
Ok. So I went looking for an American made file. I went to Lowe's because that's what my town has. Its either the Kobalt brand made in China or Nicholson but it's not made in America...it was made in Pakistan.
I bought a Truper small boys axe. There is practically no edge on this thing. What can I do to put an edge in it?
Really enjoyed the lesson. I feel confident to give this a try now myself. Thank you.
I found an axe in the uk that cost with the current conversion to dollars costs $7 it's a hatchet about 14" long good grain orientation USA hickory not a great edge or steel but it's a good cheap light fairly sharp hatchet to buy for a beginner
Nice, thank you for taking the time to teach me this skill.
It all looked good until you took a dry stone to the axe. I was taught that you should always wet the stone with water or oil. Is there a different wisdom?
It depends on the stone. Some stones should be used wet while other types are okay to use dry. I know diamond stones are fine to use either way and I believe the literature for the lansky puck says the same. Natural stones such as an Arkansas stone should be used wet. I hope that helps.
SuperScottie3000 thanks for the info on the Lansky puck. I did not receive any instructions with my Lansky puck, so I assumed it was to be used wet.
American made?? You are to patriotic! American stuff is crab! In Germany you will find the best quality. The most things here are made of high quality material and the tools last much longer than the americans :D In Germany you can give the tools to your kids after a whole years.
Perhaps Nicholson files were still made in the United States at the time. Unfortunately, Nicholson files are now made in Mexico and the quality of a once fine company has diminished greatly. How can I tell? When a brand new file glides over the metal rather than cuts. A great shame.
Wranglerstar, I have been searching for good USA made files, but it seems Nicholson is now made in Mexico and Brazil. Do you have a brand and a source of a good set of files that you would recommend other than searching through yard and estate sales?
Hey wranglerstar is it possible to make a hybrid cutter/splitter? Like make the edge and about 1.5 inches in narrow and then leave the part near the handle broader? Thanks Cody.
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I got a bunch of Nicholson files at a garage sale, 5 for a buck...but they are rusty. I don't have a file card, is that something that would help with cleaning the rust up as well as cleaning the teeth?
I just went to Home Depot and bought the Nicholson bastard file and now they are made in Mexico and lest this one was. Still works fine just saying.
May I give people a good advice (if you don't have a bench). Don't hold the stone in your hand. Instead lay it on a flat surface (the dirt ground will do perfectly), sit down and use both hands to hold the tool that needs to be sharpened. Better control and less chance (if any even) to accidentally slice your hand open. ;)
What a cracking video, some really nice tips and hints. Thank you for taking the time out to make it. Lee
I don't know if anyone as mentioned it yet or if you already know about this, however rubbing some chalk on the file will lubricate it a little and you'll have to clean it out with your file card less often
no a bastard is a mix breed hence jesus saying bastards will not get into the kingdom of heaven. like a bastard sword, it's hand and a half, lot one not two it's a mix, or bastard.
In this video he recommends this file and says that it is a good American made product. In one of his other videos this file breaks and he talks about how crappy it is and says that is made in China.
Hi Cody in this video how to sharpen a axe you not using any honing oil , is that ok ,and is there any substitute for it . Cause I just got a puck , but I did not get any honing oil . Thanks
Wow got my axe sharper than I have ever seen! Great Video! Seriously sharp!!!!
dont buy american stuff, german vises, tools of any mechanical component is way way better and often just as cheap
Must every tool in the world be American made? Heard of Swiss, German, English?
I brought a file from a America and it broke after 6 months brought a an English made one lasted 5 years and still going
where could i get an axe sharpened, by some one who knows what they are doing. i have my grandfathers hammer/ axe that i want sharpened
nope too long winded, next
+nobby styles You should change your name to "snobby styles"
saltywok lol needed to sharpen an old axe i found yesterday real quick to get some firewood cut up, it was getting cold.
Wranglerstar can you buy the file and the lansky stone at a outdoors store like academy or sportsmans and if so what do you recommend
I have a couple of the old sharpeners with the big sharpening wheel that you pedal like a bicycle. One of them has a nick in it that makes it almost unusable. Anyone know a good way to dress this wheel to get it smooth and round again?
Maybe try using really rough sandpaper on it while you spin it, idk might work
Kurt Wolford I tried that but, this wheel is about 18" in diameter and seems to be made of some sort of stone or something similar. I'm going to try taking some hardened steel to it. I was just wondering if anyone else had run into this situation.
Jackle61 try some soaked bricks and grind them on it
William Laidlaww good idea, never thought of that, and I have a pallet of different types of brick. Thanks
since the bricks have a good hardness they might work
There's a face in the red axe while it's in the vice; but I'm not sure if it's an old man or a baby. Weird.
What brand axe is that? I'm wanting to buy my son a axe. And his favorite color is red.