My wife has asked that I put together a birthday/christmas wish list (this is pretty much my only time of the year to acquire new tools) and this year my attention has turned to chisels. So far I've worked with a crumby set of Bucks Brothers from HD that I've had to sharpen way too often. I would like to take this opportunity to jump up in quality dramatically, but not sure which direction to leap. My question is how would those who have experience compare a decent white steel Japanese chisel to something along the lines of Two Cherries or Hirsch? I switched from Scary sharp to waterstones last year and have been using the veritas jig with good results. I'm curious about ease of maintanance, rust prevention, etc, in addtition to just all around usability. I know that either way I go I'd probably be amazed in comparison to what I'm used to, but I'd like to get as much input as I can on the differences before I start accumulating either type.
Thanks to any and all who can offer their views.