What to do....Hey, I DO have a few irons i could sharpen up! Off to the Back Porch Bench to set up a sharpening center:SDC12835.jpg a flattened piece of old Poplar, a couple clamps, and a bunch of sandpaper. Grits were for 80 up to 1000 grit, even some Emery Cloth. I even found an oil stone in the tool box, might need it for some bevel work, right?SDC12836.jpg I had four irons on hand: A Stanley (with just a Pat. date0 2-1/4" wide iron, a Buck Brothers 2" iron, a Sargent/Craftsman 1-3/4" wide iron, and something that is 2-3/8" wide, with a STANLEY in a box, a heart shaped thingy with a SW inside it, and a MADE IN USA stamp below that ( more on THAT later). No jigs, just free-handing, today. Working more on the backs since the bevels were already done. First up, a Stanley, and a Buck Brothers. SDC12830.jpgThis is down to 320 grit, I went back later with some 1000 grit i found. I also worked on the other Stanley iron. It was in a very rusty, pitted shape.SDC12840.jpgGot most of it cleaned up, though the iron MIGHT be a few microns thinner, right now. I also fitted a couple chipbreakers while i was out there. Some of the "sanding" was done with a sprinkle of WB40 on the sandpaper. Got all four irons sharpened and polished back up, test drive was next. Flipped the poplar up on edge, after the wider irons had a trip down the "flatlands"SDC12841.jpgThen down the edge grain we goSDC12842.jpgsame KK7, and then the Craftsman #3SDC12843.jpghad this one set a wee deep, backed off the iron a bitSDC12845.jpgand this little fellow dropped out after a trip the full length of the board's edge grain. Ah, Moxxon TP! As for the @-38" wide stanley iron? It was on the DE6 wreck that came to my house. When did diamond Edge planes carry Sweetheart irons??? Just a nnice shady back porch, with a nice cool breeze blowing through, no better way to spend a lazy, summer afternoon....