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He's got the knack down. demos it well. That's for sure. Talent.

I concur. My first grinder was a Silvey Razor-sharp. $475 bugs in 1988. 20 years later I was offered $400 for it, and let'er go, and the fellow told me "It feels like I'm stealing it from you." Far as I know it's still working today.

Like many people in this forum I started cutting with round chain. Look at the side cutter on round chain. It's not flat. It's curved. It's a gouge. It's designed around a round file, which when set and angled just right will sharpen both top plate and side plate (gouge). You can be...

A properly sharpened square chain, be it by file or stone, will cut circles around a round filed square chain. A chisel cutter has a top plate and a side plate. top cutter / side cutter. A chisel file, or properly dressed stone, sharpens both the top plate and the side cutter. The...

I hand filed for 12 years before I learned what it takes to do it right. And in that 12 years I was just going through the moves and not paying attention to the details. That's when I was doing line clearance work 30 years ago. Today I can touch up a chain and get it cutting satisfactory, and...