Ze German Way for Rasping
Stroke me, stroke me. Woo.
It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in the craft. Some of the things that you think are doctrine and settled are not. Chris recently had his rasping technique shook up by a casual comment from a German friend.
He couldn’t be happier.
so glad to hear that... i had also heard that you are supposed to life on returning but i never did it as it was too slow, and i had to be careful repositioning the rasp after each stroke. never understood how it was going to dull the tool. had that same question about hand planes... i heard that you should lift on return but honestly every video i see from people who ostensibly know what they are doing shows them sliding the tool back along the work surface. i am guilty of that. i invested in some wonderful Auriou hand picked rasps (neat videos out there showing how they are made) and love working with them...
Chris, that certainly makes sense. And you should get that little allergy treated…😉