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Informative read! However I am still unsure whether ceramics are the right way for me to go.

I work as a restoration carpenter doing everything from sash and trim to timber framing and therefore...

Thanks for the replies. I have also had back experiences with DMT, it cuts a lot slower but still leaves deep scratches.

I like what I have read about Derek Cohens and David Barnetts experiences...

I am in the market for a new set of sharpening stones. Currently I am using an india combo followed by a black ark and strop but I want a setup that will handle modern steels as well. After browsing...

In Denmark, where I am from, Ulmia, ECE as well as the danish JPBO are the most common planes and can be found for around 5$. The JPBO usually have EA Berg irons. When I was training as a boatbuilder...

Coticules are some kind of clay slate and in my perception it releases its particles a lot like japanese waterstones. The ones I a rather are rather fragile and can easily be dinged with a chipped...

Coticules are really nice stones however they dish rather easily. In my opinion the don't have to be confined to only razor honing. In Denmark, where I am from, they have been used by both cabinet...

I made a 3/4 out of a 7/8 on the Tormek and finished on a diamond stone. Make sure to keep the sides parallel to the centerline of the chisel. Good luck.

For 80 € I think you made a good find. From what I have seen labeled translucents fetch 100+ £ prices on UK eBay.

I am starting to become friends with my black ark, I have flattened most of it on...

I'm with you on that, but I thought that they might be importing raw material and refining it themselves.

I would recommend that you buy used on UK eBay. I have a 1 3/4x8 Lily-white, 2x8 no. 1...

I think that it is Müller Schleifmittel http://www.mueller-schleifmittel.de/en/53642998600c7b001/53642998600c8b209/53642998600ce2d23/index.html

Very nice. I think I will try and get a set together.

Thanks Stewie. Early as in octagonal bolster?

My 1 ½ was a boxwood handled with round bolster, and took a very keen edge that hold up nicely.

Thanks for the answers. It seems like new chisels are of out of the picture. I'll give eBay a go and see if anything interesting pops up.

Wet and dry sandpaper with water on a flat surface i.e. a piece of float glass. The stones are very hard on the sandpaper so I just sprinkle on a bit of silicon carbide powder on every time i stops...

No doubt that they are of high quality. However, on the ones that i have held the backs have been polished on a buffing wheel and the corners are quite heavily rounded. I don't want that if I am to...

Thanks for the recommendations. I have taken a look at the Barr tools now and I really consider splashing out for the 1 ½.

Can anyone comment on the steel on the Henry Taylor socket chisel as well...

A couple of weeks ago there was a breaking in at my school (I am studying preservational carpentry in Sweden) and my chisels got stolen. I mostly do traditional post and beam work and I had some...