In this video, I demonstrate how to restore the edge of a heavily damaged chisel using a slow speed grinder and water stones. This is the eighth episode of my Ask Matt series, focusing on woodworking ...

In this video, I demonstrate the easiest way to sharpen chisels and hand plane irons using diamond stones with three different grits, a setup block for the correct primary and secondary bevel, and ...

I got my first pocket knife when I was five years old, and it didn’t take me long to say, “Hey, this thing doesn’t cut so well anymore.” However, it was several years before I got serious about ...

Tools lose their edge and become dull. That’s a fact of their existence. But it’s also a fact that they need not stay that way. Sharpening nearly anything, from a shovel to a putty knife to a plane to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A multi-tool is a jack-of-all-trades, crammed full of useful tools and implements that can turn their hand to a whole host of tasks. For ...

There’s no sense in carrying a knife if it’s not going to be as useful as possible. And a blade’s utility often comes down to its ability to cut. When ripping open a box, slicing that piece of rope, ...

—it’s a dull knife. Once that blade is dull, it forces a person to misuse a knife, resulting in problems. Traps don’t get carved right. Meat doesn’t come off the bone of your deer right. And, in ...

Having a knife on hand when you are camping, hunting, or hiking is just good form. But if your knife blade is dull, then you may just be carrying another potential risk. Dull knife blades have a ...