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bleh, sharpening discussion again :)

I have a full set of oilstones (Norton and Dan's). I have not found anything that they didn't sharpen. Typically I don't seek out A2, but my block plane does...

Yes, so may be the case with me. I don't mind the King stones, in use they are a bit small. I just hate the mess of the king and Norton stones make all over the bench. Oil stones, spyderco...

Got the Shapton stones yesterday. Honestly I like them better. They cut about the same, but they are easy to flatten and clean off. You gotta scrub the swarf out of the pores of the Spyderco. ...

That is a weird issue on a man-made stone, especially that fine in grit. I have yet to see a synthetic waterstone over 8000g that wouldn't produce a mirror finish, even with scratches from 1-2...

My Shaptons will be here on Monday, I can comment then. There has been discussion over at badger and blade forum that compares the two stones. Yes, they are different animals. The Spyderco is a...

Holy smokes, what a cool opportunity for a lucky creeker!!!! :eek:

Toss my name in the hat. Some tough competition here already and we are only a few hours in.

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It is unlikely that you could hand select a stone and inspect flatness. They are packaged in a manner that doesn't allow you to reseal it (plastic glued onto cardboard). So unless you are really in...

Hey George, no I didn't pick up a black or ultra-fine. I really just wanted to test the water. I have sandpaper, full set (XX-EE) diamond stones, and oil stones so I do have the full spectrum...

I did consider sending it back. I did get permission from the factory to do so. However since Spyderco doesn't post a flatness tolerance and the one I have heard is worse than my stone it seems to...

George Finally got my ear, so I ordered up a Spyderco ceramic bench stone to play around with. I ordered up a 302F, their 8in x 2in fine bench stone. I have heard that it is anywhere from...

I got your comparison right here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtSziD9N3A

Nice isn't it. You won't see quality like that pouring out of the Tormek factory :)

I think you have already picked up some pretty sound advice and information. I will toss in my experience. I have a 9.6v nicad dewalt impact driver that has served me well for years. I have always...

I dabble in scary sharp from time to time. I actually was honing up a plane iron this weekend. For kicks I decided to play around newspaper as the strop. I had picked up some 2000g w/d recently to...

It all depends.

My current setup is a Horse Butt Strop from TFWW ( toolsforworkingwood.com ) and some green chromium oxide paste. I recently picked up diamond paste, but don't have enough play...

I don't think there is a perfect starter kit. $1000 is not enough to set up shop. Every single list so far has left out crucial elements.

Here is a list I posted over on woodwhisperer forum:
I...

I exchanged some discussion with a member of another forum a while back. I brought up that I actually prefer my No8, but I am 6'3" and a fair shake over 200lb. He being 5'6" and closer to 150lb...

I think you are getting some kind of weird/conflicting results. Some seem to think the shave test goes out the window once the included angle gets too large (like a bevel up blade ground with a high...

Here is a cut and paste of my thoughts on the saw. I posted this about 6mo back.

I have spent a bit of time wrestling with the Rigid bandsaw that I picked up. I have gone back and forth on the...

Depends on the blade. I have tuned about 6 hock irons and chip breakers in the last few months. One blade was perfect and polished up to mirror finish within 5 minutes. Most take 10-20 minutes. ...

Could be a couple of reasons for the movement. I can usually get by with sanding the bottom of the tote. Sometimes the sole is not entirely level. I like the tape shim to fill the voids. ...

Doing it with a kit versus buying a complete doesn't necessarily equate to the same quality finished product, especial for a first trial. Not knowing the current exchange rate that looks like what...

Pretty crusty, but I have brought back worse. The blade may be better off left behind. I am a fan of Hock blades and chip breakers, so I wouldn't even mess with a blade that rust pitted. The body...

Yep, feels like a fine line to walk. You gotta push hard enough to abrade the steel and yet not so hard as to fracture the diamonds. I am guessing that is isn't too incredibly common since DMT just...

Bah, that's funny. The more stuff I buy the more I feel like I am just running an elimination process. Some items turn out to be great. Others sit on the shelf abandoned. And those worthy are...

You mention age, is the grit the same? The finer grit stones seem to suffer this issue less as far as I can tell from my digging around the net.