I bought a file to sharpen the blade on my pruners so I can start managing the bamboo in the yard.
I’m more excited about having this file, and having sharp blades than I am about getting in the garden and taming the bamboo.
Maybe instead I need to make this day all about getting all the edges around the house wicked sharp: pruners, knives, axes... why does this sound so sexy to me? 😆
@dlek No, for the mower and gardening tools, except maybe the hand pruners, files are easy to use, fast, and create a nice, durable edge for rough work. For these, razor sharp is not the goal. Bamboo, with its high silica content, would pound down a blade sharpened too fine.
I had to cull a favorite little hen once, and that time I did use a fine sharpening stone on the hatchet. I have exceptions. I’d never use a file on a knife blade, though, unless I had to.
@Fritillaria2 Ooo--go to know, thanks!
@dlek No, I didn’t know that! (I’m missing my old steel knife that sharpens easily. ☹️)
@Fritillaria2 So rewarding. Although I would have thought a sharpening stone would be the thing instead of a file. Is it a very fine file?
Did you know you can use, in a pinch, the rough bottom rim of a ceramic coffee mug to sharpen your pocketknife.