atexascowboy2011
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Why, when cutting steel, stainless, etc. were some of us trained to put say a 55° face on a graver then finish it off with an 80-90° face (NOT including the heel), instead of skipping the 55° and going straight to the 80-90°.
Granted the old H&C masters did all of their sharpening by hand, eliminating precise angles.
The saying that today's precision sharpening has produced better quality of work doesn't hold water as there are very few engravers today who are capable of cutting the Angel hair lines that Hendricks cut with a H&C !
Before folks go off on a tangent, my question still is, Why put a 50° or so face on a graver then finish it with an 80-90° cutting face (NOT including the heel) instead of going directly to the 80-90°?
Granted the old H&C masters did all of their sharpening by hand, eliminating precise angles.
The saying that today's precision sharpening has produced better quality of work doesn't hold water as there are very few engravers today who are capable of cutting the Angel hair lines that Hendricks cut with a H&C !
Before folks go off on a tangent, my question still is, Why put a 50° or so face on a graver then finish it with an 80-90° cutting face (NOT including the heel) instead of going directly to the 80-90°?