Message #5581

[Svend]

Ah, so! Light, steady hand, Grasshopper....

(are you guys old enough to remember who Grasshopper was?)

Lucky for me and my skis that you told me this.  I've only done this once or twice on my skis, and think I used a rather unsubtle amount of force on the file.  Fortunately the file has a fine cut to it, and wasn't aggressively shaving off huge curls of metal.  That, and I only did a couple of passes.  All is well....

I gather that the base bevel filing is a light maintenance function with the diamond stone, just to keep the nicks and burrs out, with the occasional light once-over with a real file.  The real sharpening happens at the edge. 

Ron and Gary -- thanks for the tip on the stones and files -- I'll pop into my local shop and pick up a couple.

Many thanks...

Svend