08-06-2017, 05:10 AM
Steve,
Don't apologize for obsessing about sharpening; we are all afflicted with it to some degree (mostly a lot of degrees°°°°°). I think that is a good thing, within reason.
If you have not already found them, the videos on the L-N website and youtube channel are very informative.
I think a high level of heat treating, and even cyrogenic treatment has become a customer expectation with premium tools. Why else would many of us willingly pay $55 for a L-N chisel instead of $8 for an Irwin (formerly Marples) Blue Chip chisel?
We do have different levels of expectation with sharpness. If you do not have Leonard Lee's Sharpening book, your library is incomplete (and you are missing a good read. The accompanying DVD has much good information and a good dose of LL's good dry humor. Purchase and enjoy both.) LL mentions the collection of odd chisels reserved for rough jobs, like repairing the garden gate. These wobegone tools get only quick, cursory sharpening. Pampered tools for fine cabinet work would expect much more.
One would expect a higher level of sharpness from the sharpening booth guy at the farmers market than from an on the fly quick touch up. On the other hand, one might expect to invest more time and/or money in sharpening a five hundred dollar Japanese kitchen knife.
You mention a most interesting topic with factoring and sampling with the new disposable test media. Would you post it as a separate topic in the BESS section. I think we might generate more replies there, and it is a timely, worthy topic.
Keep posting.
Ken
Don't apologize for obsessing about sharpening; we are all afflicted with it to some degree (mostly a lot of degrees°°°°°). I think that is a good thing, within reason.
If you have not already found them, the videos on the L-N website and youtube channel are very informative.
I think a high level of heat treating, and even cyrogenic treatment has become a customer expectation with premium tools. Why else would many of us willingly pay $55 for a L-N chisel instead of $8 for an Irwin (formerly Marples) Blue Chip chisel?
We do have different levels of expectation with sharpness. If you do not have Leonard Lee's Sharpening book, your library is incomplete (and you are missing a good read. The accompanying DVD has much good information and a good dose of LL's good dry humor. Purchase and enjoy both.) LL mentions the collection of odd chisels reserved for rough jobs, like repairing the garden gate. These wobegone tools get only quick, cursory sharpening. Pampered tools for fine cabinet work would expect much more.
One would expect a higher level of sharpness from the sharpening booth guy at the farmers market than from an on the fly quick touch up. On the other hand, one might expect to invest more time and/or money in sharpening a five hundred dollar Japanese kitchen knife.
You mention a most interesting topic with factoring and sampling with the new disposable test media. Would you post it as a separate topic in the BESS section. I think we might generate more replies there, and it is a timely, worthy topic.
Keep posting.
Ken