4 ms·

Does it really take four hours to sharpen an axe? I've never done it.

• misswaterfairy 2y ago
  Doing it right, with only manual tools, I believe so, remembering back to one of the elder firefighters that taught me (who was also an old-school forester). Takes about 20 minutes to sharpen a chainsaw chain these days though...
• xandrius 2y ago
  10/20 minutes to sharpen a pretty dull kitchen knife with some decent whetstones. Also, as someone famous once said: if I had 4 hours to sharpen an axe, I'd spend 2 hours preparing the whetstones.
  • taneq 2y ago
    If I had 2 hours to prepare whetstones I’d do 1 hour of billable work and then order some whetstones online.
    • elwell 2y ago
      If I had 1 hour of billable work, I'd charge per project and upfront, to allow me to claim unemployment for the following weeks.