Lately, I’ve been researching different methods I could use to sharped my tools.  I already have  system that will put a consistent, repeatable, bevel on the tools, but reading articles about changing the angle of the grind got me thinking.  To test out the impact of the changes, I’d need a piece of wood to practice on, so I started looking around.  I finally found a chunk of white oak that had been kicked under the table at some point in the past and decided it would be my practice block.  After awhile, I discovered there wasn’t really anything wrong with the way I had been sharpening the tools, and the “new and improved” methods really didn’t work any better than what I was used to.  By the time I had this epiphany, There was already a rough shape of a small bowl, so I finished it up.  It’s only about 4 inches high by 4 inches wide…