I'm pretty new to this whole hand tool thing, and while I really enjoy it, I've been struggling with sharpening.

On the recomendation of my local woodcraft store, I purchased DMT sharpening stones in grits running through X-course through X-fine. The problem is, that after using them for 3 months, I don't think the X-fine actually goes fine enough.

Not really wanting to change courses at this point and go with water stones, what options are there for a "dry" system that will be the next step after my current X-fine plate?

I've been doing a lot of reading, and it looks like spyderco has a ultra fine ceramic stone that appears to get good reviews. They seem to be much more commonly used for straight razors though, not chisels and plane irons.

Can anyone please help point me in the right direction here?

Thanks.