I finally got around to working on the Grizzly gouges I ordered a week ago. They finally showed up yesterday and did they need work. The bevels on all the gouges were VERY steep and needed to be leveled out more. To cut with them as they were, it was almost like you were holding them at a 90° angle to the workpiece:-D
Broke out the Makita angle grinder this morning and put a half-used sanding wheel on to work the profiles down. After getting this finished, I grabbed my different grits of wet/dry sandpaper and started working on them again at the bench. Also used my oilstones, but not much. These things are primo now with a nice edge that hopefully will last. One thing I did discover was, instead of using the sandpaper with a front/rearward motion, like when you're carving, I used a sideways action and rotated the gouges as I sanded along the main portion of the chisel. Went from 220 to 1,200 grit. 1,200 was the finest I have at the moment, but it worked nonetheless. I plan on picking up some finer grain next time I'm close to the auto parts place and trying this route again.
Thanks for the suggestions
Greg