I find myself dreading the sharpening process with my cheap Japanese waterstone and scary sharp methods. Even with a Veritas Mk.II jig driving the process, my A2 chisels and BU plane blades never seem as sharp as they should. So the India medium/hard translucent Arkansas oilstone method described on TFWW seemed like a good alternative. When I wrote them, they said cutting would be slow for the A2 on oilstones and recommended Norton Waterstones, instead. Are the Norton stones that much better than the stones i picked up from Woodcraft?

What do you find is your go-to method for your A2?

Thanks.