Sharpening a round knife

[wyeman]

Could anyone please assist with the sharpening of a round or head knife?

[grepper]

Either do it by hand, or build yourself a tool rest something like this one:
http://forum.tormek.com/index.php?topic=1592.msg6634#msg6634

[Stickan]

I meet a man in Sweden last December who made his own Head knife and a jig. I asked him if he could share it on the forum but he don't use internet at all.
However, I was free to share how he did it. I have no pictures yet but it was pretty easy.
The tool had a handle that he could remove, made of two parts of wood and to screws with nuts. When he removed them the tool was flat and in the tool he had a hole.
The jig was like our SVD-110 but smaller. I guess you could actually use Hermans idea and in the jig he had a pin where he mounted the tool in it´s hole.
So, using the right distance between the jig and the stone he got a perfect edge on the head knife.
I have a picture somewhere but I can´t find it right now. I guess I will be able to do so tomorrow.

Stig

[Fineline]

Hi Stig,
Difficult for me to picture what it's like.
A picture would be excellent.
Thanks.

[grepper]

Could you use the knife handle itself as a jig by just resting the handle on the control bar?  Maybe put a piece of tape or rubber band to indicate position and/or to keep it from sliding up or down?

[wyeman]

Thank you all, for the advice received so far

[grepper]

Did you get it sharp?  If so, what did you do?