Gaff sharpening
- Thread starter RANDY10
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- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
I just use a flat file and do the bottom only, staying with the shape of the gaff until the edge is free of little burs and nicks... fairly simple, takes five or ten minutes. The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
The_Archdruid
Participating member
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The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
- Location
- Pukalani, Hawaii
not to steal this thread but does anyone know how to properly sharpen offset gaffs like klein tree climbers??
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
There are offset stirrups but the gaffs will all sharpen the same.
rfwoodvt
New member
- Location
- This side of eternity.
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I just use a flat file and do the bottom only, staying with the shape of the gaff until the edge is free of little burs and nicks... fairly simple, takes five or ten minutes. The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I second this one...
I just use a flat file and do the bottom only, staying with the shape of the gaff until the edge is free of little burs and nicks... fairly simple, takes five or ten minutes. The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I second this one...
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
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Yep, we all have our... vises.
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The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
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Yep, we all have our... vises.
- Location
- Longmont, CO
Okay. I can be lazy sometimes. I haven't done this yet, but I was thinking of using my angle grinder...
Too much? Anyone else do this?
Too much? Anyone else do this?
The_Archdruid
Participating member
Very nice, Blinky! LOL . . .
But Jamin? Using an angle grinder is like directing yourself in a snuff film. It will not end well for you. No machines, ever!
(It will get too hot, causing it to harden and brittle, possibly breaking under load . . .)
But Jamin? Using an angle grinder is like directing yourself in a snuff film. It will not end well for you. No machines, ever!
(It will get too hot, causing it to harden and brittle, possibly breaking under load . . .)
chris_girard
Branched out member
- Location
- Gilmanton, N.H.
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The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
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LOL! I know what you mean, I have found myself doing the same thing at times.
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The key is, use a vise and do the bottom only, don't touch the sides.
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I always start out this way, and my intentions are good . . . but then something seizes on me and I go berserk; like a whorehound in a sex riot. Total frenzy and no sense of moral decency. I start to file on the sides and it doesn't matter who's looking!
I calm down after a bit, and use the hone to clean things up . . .
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LOL! I know what you mean, I have found myself doing the same thing at times.
- Location
- Pukalani, Hawaii
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There are offset stirrups but the gaffs will all sharpen the same.
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no im pretty sure kliens are offest spikes too. they are different then anything else i have seen. whats the proper filing angle for the tree spike with the stirrups standing up?
is it safer to have more of a downward vertical angle or horizontal?
There are offset stirrups but the gaffs will all sharpen the same.
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no im pretty sure kliens are offest spikes too. they are different then anything else i have seen. whats the proper filing angle for the tree spike with the stirrups standing up?
is it safer to have more of a downward vertical angle or horizontal?
Norm_Hall
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- Location
- Wauconda, (Chicago),IL,USA
I think most manufacturers make straight shanks and 'offset' shanks. It's the user's preference.
During sharpening, it's extremely important to keep the bevel on the last quarter inch of the gaff. One should sharpen the underside of the gaff only.
Check out the link below for instructions:
http://www.kleintools.com/instructions/pdf/139184_Gaff_Instructions.pdf
The 'plane test' is true for all gaffs. I start with a flat file and finish with a stone. I like my gaffs very sharp.
During sharpening, it's extremely important to keep the bevel on the last quarter inch of the gaff. One should sharpen the underside of the gaff only.
Check out the link below for instructions:
http://www.kleintools.com/instructions/pdf/139184_Gaff_Instructions.pdf
The 'plane test' is true for all gaffs. I start with a flat file and finish with a stone. I like my gaffs very sharp.
