It’s simple in theory, but sharpening a knife is all about the technique. … All you’ll need is your knife, a piece of fine and super fine sandpaper, a chopping block, and your honing steel (which usually comes with a set of knifes).
Then, can wood be sharpened?
Wood can do some real damage against cardboard, cloth, and ballistics gel, even though it can’t be sharpened to a hair-splitting edge and loses whatever edge it does have very, very quickly.
Consequently, can you sharpen an AXE with sandpaper? Use sandpaper, applying even pressure and rubbing it from the handle part of the axehead to the blade. You can work it with finer and finer sandpaper until it gleams. Place your axe on a flat surface or clamp it in a vice, if you have one available.