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Believe
it or not, you need tools to carve stone. That may be obvious,
but think about it for a minute. Imagine trying to work a piece
of stone with your bare hands, go on think about it. Not easy
huh !.
Remember the projects here
are based on relief and incised carving. We are not into the
realms of sculpture or stone masonry .
Try to look at a tool from
the point of view of what it will do, not necessarily what it
is.
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The
diamond pad has a coarse strip and a fine strip, the course strip
is good for getting the 'shoulders' of the chisel into shape,
the fine for honing the tip. What you can't see in the picture
is that I am gently pushing the chisel away from me, once and
then I turn the chisel over and push again. Once my chisels are
sharp a few strokes now and then should keep them that way. When
I do sharpen them, I always make sure the pad is nice and wet.
After sharpening I will wipe them dry. |
