possible. Sharpening straight edges (knives, chisels, etc.) by hand can be divided into phases. First the edge is sharpened with an abrasive sharpening stone...

Sharpening stones, or whetstones, are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools such as knives through grinding and honing. Such stones come in a wide...

sharpening: removing metal to form a new edge rough sharpening (using either water stones, oil stones, or medium grits of sandpaper) fine sharpening (using...

Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors. Filed teeth are customary in various cultures. Many...

removed. Jointing is usually the first step in the process of sharpening: When sharpening a hand saw blade, the teeth are jointed by running a flat file...

A sharpening jig is often used when sharpening woodworking tools. Many of the tools used in woodworking have steel blades which are sharpened to a fine...

Unsharp masking (USM) is an image sharpening technique, first implemented in darkroom photography, but now commonly used in digital image processing software...

commercially available swords have been manufactured by stock removal. Sharpening Japanese swordsmithing Tonelli, Gabriele; Faccoli, Michela; Gotti, Roberto;...

Leveling and sharpening are two functions that are automatic and exist within memory. Sharpening is usually the way people remember small details in the...

A honing steel, sometimes referred to as a sharpening steel, whet steel, sharpening stick, sharpening rod, butcher's steel, and chef's steel, is a rod...