Hello everyone,
I recently bought a Stanley No. 4 Bailey hand plane from an antiques shop. I'm not having much luck with getting it to shave off much wood, so I think I need to resharpen it. I only have a course DMT (325), and Naniwa Superstones (1k, 5k, 8k and 12k). In everyone's opinion are the DMTs more prone to getting an edge for plane irons? In that case, I will probably need to purchase DMT fine and extra fine stones. (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...diamond-stones) Would it be a good idea to set a bevel on the DMT 325, and then progress through the Naniwas starting at 1k, or is that too big of a jump? Also, I wanted to ask, is the test to know that the plane is sharpened, generally, that it can slice through arm hair?