Sharpening Linocutting Tools - See the Process

In preparation for any lino cutting session, I always have to sharpen my tools.  It is an activity which I used to hate doing, but now I look forward to this stage, as I am much more confident in being able to sharpen them effectively.  It is something which is both rhythmic and mindless, the action of stroking the tools back and forth over my whetstone and honing strop.  I have explained the process in this previous blog post about lino cutting tools but I decided to do a shorter video - take a look below!