Had a little free time after church and decided to break out my mutt like assortment of sharpening gear and give it a go with some chisels I just got in.
My setup is mostly "scary sharp" with a 800/4000 stone from the classifieds and a veritas mkII guide. I followed standard protocol, lapped the back up to 4000, then work on the bevel. It needed some work so I started at 400 grit sand paper and worked up through 800 (stone), 1200, 1500,2000 and finished with a 4000 stone.
The result wasn't as sharp as I'd like, the hair didn't fall off my arm by mearly pointing the chisel at it but it did leave a pretty smooth shave. And it sliced through some pine end grain nice and clean.
The next step is to try putting a micro bevel on and getting some buffing compound to strop it on mdf.