Having never owned a paring chisel, I decided to regrind a 1" bench chisel to 20 degrees. First I have to say, I was carving braces on my guitar that I'm building and most of it was done and I just wanted to sneak up up the shapes. I was having a little trouble and it just wasn't going as easily as I expected or wanted. That's when the idea of regrinding the angle came to me. When I was done, I swear the wood was scared of my chisel and just got out of the way. It's only spruce and I think it's to be expected but it wasn't happening until I modified the chisel. Now I want to modify my 1/2" chisel as well. I have mortise chisels for banging on and I'm not sure I should ever use anything but paring chisels for my work building instruments. It was a good morning.