Mind Your Fingers Sharpening

My name is Max. I've been a carpenter/glazier for better than thirty years. I was first introduced to sharpening by my Grandad, Henry (also a carpenter) when I was about nine years old. I was fascinated by his tools, and especially by his pocket knife which he kept scalpel sharp to dig splinters out of his hands. One day I was watching as he sharpened that knife. He asked me "Boy, you seem mighty interested, like to give it a try?" I nodded.He told me later that I had a natural talent for putting an edge on cold steel. I've been sharpening ever since. I've learned a little, sometimes a lot. from every edge I've worked. Now some 51 years later I'm offering my experience to you to and hoping to keep a dying art alive.