In this short video I walk through how I sharpen and tune a Japanese bent neck chisel, or kote nomi, for clean, precise work. You’ll see close up shots of the edge, the progression across my ...

To sharpen an auger bit, you need a specialized auger-bit file. Hold the auger bit upright in a vise, then file the bit’s lip with the file’s edge [1]. Turn the auger bit in the vise and sharpen the ...