Bedrock 605 1/2

[Hmerkle]

Mine is 150...400...600...1200....2000 paper. Since I picked up the guide I have been very satisfied with the results.... but paper is a huge pain. Plus, I don't get the same results with my new chisels. Sharp...yes. But they take a lot longer than my high carbon old ones. I feel like I've got to make a change....

Patience Grasshopper!
I bet the new chisels will take longer to sharpen
Those Narex are probably much harder (tougher not "Rockwell C harder") than your old chisels.

Our metallurgy today is VASTLY different from just a few years ago...

But I will also guess when you get a good edge on them it will last longer!

 

[pviser]

Count me in with the PM-V11. I got one with Lee Valley's new dedicated shooting plane and I'm very pleased with the ease of establishing a lasting edge.

 

[Chris C]

Patience Grasshopper!
I bet the new chisels will take longer to sharpen
Those Narex are probably much harder (tougher not "Rockwell C harder") than your old chisels.

Our metallurgy today is VASTLY different from just a few years ago...

But I will also guess when you get a good edge on them it will last longer!

I've only honed them once but it seems like it's going to take a lot longer. I don't really mind the act of sharpening, its all the fussing with the placing, wrinkling, and tearing of the paper that is wearing a little thin on me.

 

[Hmerkle]

I've only honed them once but it seems like it's going to take a lot longer. I don't really mind the act of sharpening, its all the fussing with the placing, wrinkling, and tearing of the paper that is wearing a little thin on me.

Yes,
I was experienceing the same thing - I have some of the cloth-backed Klingspore "Paper" and it works MUCH better, but it is still tedious as compared to the diamond plates.

Don't forget if you go the route of stones that you need to flatten them - they get wallowed quickly...

You do not have that problem with diamond stones...

 

[Mike Davis]

Sandpaper is the cheap way to get started but cost the most over time.

 

[KenOfCary]

I agree with Mike on the diamond plates. Both DMT and Trend make great mono-crystalline solid metal plates. No need to mess with Water Stones if you intend to go with diamonds eventually. They have to flattened - possibly with a diamond stone and there is no advantage to them over diamonds except for initial price possibly. Diamonds are the long-term price winner though.

 

[Chris C]

DMT it is then. My new Amazon Prime account is getting a workout. Only downside...starting to hear a few rumblings from the princess....

 

[rick7938]

The wife just surprised me with the six different grits of the 3" X 8" DMT continuous grit sharpeners. She got tired of hearing me complain about what a pain sharpening was using sandpaper. I love them so far. She got them all on Amazon Prime. Good luck on your decision.

 

[Mike Davis]

Does she have a... No wait, that won't work.

Gee, some guys have all the luck!

 

[MarkE]

Since you guys are buying on Amazon, why not use Smile.amazon.com and have Amazon contribute .5% of your purchases to NCWW?

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52179

 

[Chris C]

Since you guys are buying on Amazon, why not use Smile.amazon.com and have Amazon contribute .5% of your purchases to NCWW?

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=52179

I had no idea they had such a program....

 

[Hmerkle]

does she have a... No wait, that won't work.

Gee, some guys have all the luck!

yea!