Negative relief template with the Universal 116 degree point.
Below photo is from one of the original patent drawings that is at the bottom of the sharpener instructions page. It shows this type of point well.
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Negative relief 116 Uniform-Parallel graver template.
This template is the same as the normal 116°, but the relief grind under the heel is negative. The purpose of this negative grind is to achieve more heel clearance. This additional relief was described in the Lindsay Uniform-Parallel patent, but this is the first template made available to actually achieve this point.
This template requires that the height of the grinding lap or bench stone be 3/4" instead of the usual 1/2" seen in all previous templates. I recommend just shimming your 1/2" stones up the last 1/4". The plastic 6"x6" plate included with the full sharpening kit happens to be 1/4", so that can utilized.
A power hone for initially shaping this is helpful. However it can be done with the diamond bench stones. Steve tested how long it would take him to sharpen one from a carbalt blank on the diamond bench stones. It was 15 minutes. Of course starting with a the 3 degree tapered carbalt blank would considerably shorten the time.
$27.00