The Complete Guide to Sharpening | 
| Author: Leonard Lee
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 5473
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 1561581259
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.08028
UPC: 094115581257
EAN: 9781561581252
ASIN: 1561581259
Publication Date: October 9, 1995
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Product Description
Lee, a well-known tool manufacturer, covers the practical and technical information to sharpen tools quickly, efficiently and safely. Descriptive photos, clear line drawings and step-by-step instructions show exactly how to improve the performance and safety of any cutting tool. 255 photos.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Not a how to book March 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was looking for more of a how to book. This book does have a lot of information, different angles, types of stones and hones, and a method of sharpening for any edged tool or knife. It just doesnt really show how to do it all.
The science of sharpening February 10, 2008
This book provides a very detailed look at the physics behind sharpening blades. I would highly recommend this to anybody who wants to learns the fundamentals of sharpening.
This is THE Book about sharpening! January 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What should I say? No need anymore to write other books on sharpening. It is well written and very informative on every detail. If you would like to know everything about sharpening, buy this book and you're done.
 A toolworker's complete guide, but .... December 17, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
You have to admire the author. He packs a huge amount of detailled and easily read information in this book. The electron photomicrographs, showing various sharp (and not so sharp) edges using various abarasives are excellent. Leonard also seems to know everything there is to know about the history of steel making, and abrasives. There are excellent chapters on just about every kind of woodworking tool imaginable, with plenty of excellent photographs. If I were a woodworker I would regard this book as being the one and only complete reference text.
BUT... my personal interest is in sharpening kitchen knives. And the chapter on knife sharpening is the least informative in the book, and really tells the reader nothing new that is not already available on many web sites.
For a complete knife book, you would be far better off with Chad Ward's new book "An Edge in the Kitchen", far better than this book by Mr Lee.
Also the advice to use plastic book binders as sharpening guides is quite simply useless - they slip off and/or distort under pressure.
I don't mean to disrespect Leonard Lee, or this book. But it is really for woodworking tools, not kitchen knives. Sorry!!
Sharpening Reference May 13, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book that delves into the foundational knowledge that supports the techniques it illustrates for sharpening tools. I was fascinated by the exploration in the topics when bringing the techniques into practice sharpening my chisels and plane blades. It addresses many different types of tools and is a great reference for learning and continuing to learn how to sharpen tools, especially as they apply to woodworking.
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