Good news: Easy and precise sharpening doesn’t have to cost a lot. To help you decide which type of sharpening system is best for you, we rounded up dozens of sharpeners and spent more than month testing them. Although some models can be used to sharpen jointer knives or lathe tools, we focused our testing on flat cutters, such as chisels and plan blades—the tools you’ll likely sharpen the most often.
Featured in the October 2008 issue of WOOD.
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