Originally Posted By: CSG
I don't know what Schwert is looking for in getting his Wetterlings where he wants it but I spent about 5 minutes each on my two Wetterlings getting them razor sharp. They were very sharp to begin with.


You must have been quite lucky.

The first thing I did was strip off the shellac on the helve, then started sanding it. I started with 220, then 320 then 400 grit. I then soaked in a heavy coat of flaxseed oil and sanded that in with 400 grit.

After the helve was set I started working on the head. First I trued up the cheeks and edge with a double cut file. I had quite a bit of work to even up those grinds. I then started working them on a mousepad with sand paper. I started with 150 and worked down to 320. I still have 400, 600 and green paste work to do to get the edge truly sharp and the cheeks polished.

My Wetterlings falling ax was adequate for work out of the box, but it was not sharp or true, and the rough cheeks would not toss out chips like it will now.