That spoon blank preparation and in particular the hollowing out operation was simply stunning. It's one thing to watch it being done, quite another to do it yourself. Hats off to you sir!

That was very good. Thank you from the future. This was quite a while ago. Greetings from the lowlands of Maryland.

Great vid Robin, thanks for sharing. You make it all look so easy, sign of a true craftsman.

Many thanks, Robin! Clear, straightforward instructions! 👍

Great video! I went back and worked my HK on a 600 grit, and wow, what a difference! It's like brand new. Thanks for the pointers. Love your work.

Thanks Robin, Simple and clear inexpensive materials too. I've just received one of your excellent carving axes. It's great! And it came with edge well protected from UK to Pennsylvania. I've axed out three spoon blanks with more ease than with my heavier axe and now I like the one from you the most.

I’ve just bought one of these axes it arrived today,I thought I might have to sharpen it before use so I watched this video first ,….. straight out of the box cuts paper like a razor blade wow ! I’m very impressed with it thank you Robin.

I'm very happy with my Robin Wood axe, cheers

A great and informative tutorial Robin, many thanks for sharing ~Peace~

Again, really well demonstrated. And nice to see an expert reduction for a spoon with the axe!

great tip on the honing, i always struggle to find bits of leather wider than a belt, just tried it but with red jewellers honing compound and has worked like a treat. now i have no excuses guess ill go back to making turning blanks

Love my axe from you, novice sharpener, this is definitely something I'm going to be trying soon! Hope I can get it as sharp as you :)!

Awesome video mate, many thanks.

This looks sensible and straightforward.

Dammit man you make roughing out look so easy! Anyway great informative video I've just ordered one of your axes so knowing how to keep it sharp would be a good idea.

Robin, this is another fabulous video! You make it look so easy and having tried it, so did we ... after a few attempts. We haven't used the water stones since. We couldn't find the self-adhesive wet and dry, but a little PVA works fine with the standard 'Motosave' sheets :-D Time to do the drawknife (do you fancy doing a drawknife sharpening video?). Thanks again.

Love this video

I find with edged tools, especially if I'm a bit uncertain that day, that colouring the edge with a black felt tip will tell me how I'm doing for angle and coverage.

I love the axe! I will eventually get me one

Thanks for sharing 😁👍

Hey Robin, greetings from Iraq! Great video, wonderful new series of videos that you have produced. With all the research that you have done for your book, which is great by the way, i wonder if you realise that you are, through these videos, laying down the history of our craft as we understand it now that will hopefully be referenced in years to come. Thanks for taking the time to share these skills with the rest of us. Mike PS not sure if Sandra has sent my axe to you yet but i am really looking forward to getting some time with it when i get home.

Very nice.

Nice edge!

Shiny magazine paper ! on a board like the grit paper you used try it for your final polish the paper has the mineral white kaolin clay that is found in some toothpaste

Great vid, but I wondrer, is that wet or dry paper?

Goos duff!

Nice specs bud

Is it still possible to buy an axe from you?

How weight is this axe? 800 grams?

Can you make spoon carving video . I think i have seen all spoon carving videos on youtube but id like to see yours btw good video and i mayby buy ur axe some day it looks so nice :).

This is basically the exact same method I use and the same polish,

hi! i just got an axe which is very dull and just by my personal opinion the angle for carving purpose is too wide. can you give me some tips on which angle ia the best for carving axe and with which grid of sanding paper to start to get there? thank you!

Hi Robin I am a total newbie,just brought a bundle on eBay your axe and spoon gouge, 3 rolls of grit paper. When you use the broom pole for your knifes and last board shown in this video with the polish cream do they have leather stuck on? Thanks

I didn't quite get what kind of sanding paper you're using. is it the same kind of sanding paper you use for wood? thanks!

Bad boy!

What's the angle on an axe? I heard that it's often 20 degrees, 20 separately on both sides or 10 degrees that end up producing a 20 degree angle?

Robin where do you get that type sandpaper?! I’m having a hard time finding the adhesive types in sheets.

Why do you just use mdf with compound for stropping and not a leather strop?

Serious question. Must an axe blade be razor sharp for survival use?

C'est un bord scandinave ?

If you're worried about your fingers a wooden handle screwed to the back of your board would up the safety.

Could you do a 60cm chesspiece? That would be a great video. Do the king with an axe.

Can you give us a link to who made your axe

Who makes the axes? And what steel are they?

Was this a polishing video or a sharpening video?!

Don't know if you are still responding here, but I am guessing that to start off with an axe, you first grind on a wheel, leaving a convex bevel and then sharpen and hone after??? If there were Star Trek Transporters, I would come over for a play date....

So that how to do it an without the need to spend a fortune on japanes whetstones. Excellent video

Do you clean the abrasive sheets off with anything to prolong their lives Robin? Ta.

Tried it, not working!!!!

lol cant belief ur called robin wood?? that's nearly like robin hood!!

You shouldn't need to go through all the grits unless you have chipped the edge.

Would have been better to see you sharpen an axe that needed sharpening and not one that was already razor sharp so we can see that your method works.

TLDR...rub it with sandpaper