[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Just got my latest issue of Carving Magazine and there on page 58 is an article by Rick on Sharpening. Had no idea it was in the making.

[Mark N. Akers]

Congratulations Rick on the article in Carving Magazine on sharping,this is a subject that is well needed in the carving world,great article.

[rick-in-seattle]

Thanks,
I wasn't positive it would be in this issue.

[BasketballJones]

Nice Job Rick. Very informative.

[Colin_Partridge]

Guess I will have to head to Chapters and pick up the issue. That is if the pony express has made it up here yet.
Colin

[Just Carving]

Colin,

I just check the magazine's website, and it says the magazine will be in the stores on January 10.

[MDWine]

Rick's article is also on his website!

[Jon Harl]

Lots of good information. Thanks Rick.

[millhoused]

Rick, thanks for sharing. Good info.

Have you given any thought to producing a video on this topic?

[rick-in-seattle]

A sharpening video would be like watching paint dry to most people.

That reminds me of a story;
Okay! A short story.

When I was young, we lived in a very small town called Rock Island (named after a rock of course).
There wasn't much to do since it was basically desert. I remember the old folks bringing kitchen chairs outside to sit and watch the chrome rust on the bumpers.

Once in a great while something exciting would come through town; like a dust-storm with dirt-devils. The tumbleweeds would pile up in the ravines twenty feet deep. Us young-uns would jump off the cliff into the pile; it was great fun getting into the pile. When we hit the Tumbleweeds, we would crash down through them; only to we realize we were stuck like a fly in a web. Back then, parents never wondered where you might be unless you missed supper; then they might go looking for your body.

It can be difficult to find kids when they are covered with a pile of tumbleweeds. Luckliy, my older brother had a sharp pocket knife and cut his way out.
Ha!!!, And you were doubting I could tie this story to sharpening.